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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drabaną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (to grind; crush; kill). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *drobìti (to crush), Lithuanian drė̃bti (to strike), and Latvian drêbt (to beat).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*drabaną[1][2]

  1. to hit, hew

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*draban-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98
  2. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “DRAB*-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 160