Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/Hrunépti

Slavic - Polish "rąbać” [rõbaç] - of the same semantic field

Meaning: break - esp. vehemently, tear asunder, hew, chop (esp. wood, logs), fell (a tree), derivative meaning : have sex

The Polish word "rąbać” has the same semantic although it sounds more intensive and somewhat vulgar / taboo in certain contexts as many old Indo-European words in Polish / Slavic do (conf. Sanskrit "yabhati", Polish "jebać" - where only the Polish word is considered vulgar). In modern Polish it is considered neutral only collocation "rąbać drzewo / drewno” (fell a tree / chop wood).

The paradigm of the PIE verb in plural is nearly identical to Polish paradigm "rąbiemy / rąbiecie / rąbią” - Pre-Polish „rąbiąt”). Pol. "ja rąbię” - Lat. „rumpo” etc. 99% chance it is a cognate to "rumpere". Ralphhalgas (talk) 01:10, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

The word has many derivative forms such as "odrębny" - separate, broken off, „zrąb” - basis, foundation (originally - stump of the felled tree), „odrąbać” - chop off (esp. a limb with a sword in battle), amputate (slang), break off (vehemently), „wyrąbać las” - chop down a forest (completely) Ralphhalgas (talk) 01:17, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

One meaning of derivative verbs, slang „zarąbać”, means 'rob, steal, pinch' and it is of the same semantic field as Germanic 'raubōną' >> Eng. 'rob'. A cognate, "rabować" is a late (mediaeval) Germanic borrowing. Ralphhalgas (talk) 01:27, 15 August 2019 (UTC)