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Where does “grepsti” come from?

grepsti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Slavic *greti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic grebtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-.

Ancestry of “grepsti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slavic*greti—
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgrebtei—
3Proto-Indo-European*gʰrebh₂-—

Words derived from “grepsti”

  • pogreb
  • pògrepsti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- →