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Where does “drobiti” come from?

drobiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic drobiti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

drobiti (Serbo-Croatian): to crush, crumble, crunch; to nag

Definitions

  1. to crush, crumble, crunch; to nag

Ancestry of “drobiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdrobitito crumble, crush
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “drobiti”

  • razdrobiti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →