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Where does “grba” come from?

grba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian grb, from Czech erb, from German erbe, from Middle High German erbe, from Old High German erbi, from Proto-West Germanic arbī, from Proto-Germanic arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

grba (Serbo-Croatian): hump; genitive singular of grb

Definitions

  1. hump; genitive singular of grb

Ancestry of “grba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiangrbcoat of arms
2Czecherbcoat of arms
3Germanerbeinflection of erben: ## first-person singular...
4Middle High Germanerbeheritage
5Old High Germanerbiheritage
6Proto-West Germanicarbīinheritance
7Proto-Germanicarbijąheritage, inheritance
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

Words derived from “grba”

  • pogrbiti
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