Where does “grȅpsti” come from?

grȅpsti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Slavic *greti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic grebtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- — to seize, grab.

grȅpsti (Serbo-Croatian): to scrape, scratch

Definitions

  1. to scrape, scratch

Ancestry of “grȅpsti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slavic*greti—
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgrebtei—
3Proto-Indo-European*gʰrebh₂-to seize, grab

Words derived from “grȅpsti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic grebtei →Every word from Slavic *greti →