Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰrebh₂-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Root

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*gʰrebh₂-[1][2]

  1. to seize, grab
  2. to dig, rake

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *gʰrebʰ-
  • *gʰreb(ʰ)h₂-[3]
  • *gʰerbʰ-
  • *gʰreb-[4]

Reconstruction notes

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Rix reconstructs *gʰrebh₂- (seize) and tentatively *gʰrebʰ- (dig). Pokorny reconstructs *gʰrebʰ-, *gʰerbʰ- for both meanings. Derksen derives *grabiti from *gʰreb- rather than *gʰrebʰ- due to Winter's law, which is required to produce the acute *-a- of the Slavic root but would not operate in *gʰrebʰ-. In descendant families, there is contamination between the two meanings.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*ghrebh2”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 201
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 454
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 505
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gràbiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 185:v. (a) ‘seize, grab’