Where does “pògrepsti” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pògrepsti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiangrȅpstito scrape, scratch
2Slavic*greti
3Proto-Balto-Slavicgrebtei
4Proto-Indo-European*gʰrebh₂-to seize, grab
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic grebteiEvery word from Slavic *greti