Where does “zagrepsti” come from?

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

zagrepsti (Serbo-Croatian): to scratch, scrape; to run away

Definitions

  1. to scratch, scrape; to run away

Ancestry of “zagrepsti”, step by step

zagrepsti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian grȅpsti

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

via Serbo-Croatian za

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzafor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic grebtei →Every word from Slavic *greti →