drobìti

drobìti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `crumble, crush'

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Old Church Slavic:

droběi (Supr.) `crushing' [pprsa]

Church Slavic:

drobiti `crumble, chop, break' [verb]

Russian:

drobít' `crush' [verb], drobljú [1sg], drobít [3sg]

Czech:

drobiti `crumble, chop, crush' [verb]

Slovak:

drobit' `crumble, chop, crush' [verb]

Polish:

drobić `crumble' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

dròbiti `crush, crumble' [verb], drȍbīm [1sg];

Čak. drobȉti (Vrgada) `crush, crumble' [verb], drobĩš [2sg];

Čak. drobȉt (Vrgada) `pulverize, crush' [verb], drobĩn [1sg]

Slovene:

drobíti `crumble, mince' [verb], drobím [1sg]

Bulgarian:

drobjá `crumble' [verb]

Certainty: -

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Comments: LIV (153) reconstructs *dʰreb- on the basis of Germanic forms such as OIc. drepa `beat, kill', OHG treffan `hit'. Since this proto-form is in conflict with Winter's law, I reconstruct *dʰrobʰ-eie- for Slavic. The discrepancy between Slavic may have something to do with the fact that the etymon is of non-Indo-European origin or Kluge's law may have played a role.

Other cognates:

Go. gadraban `cut out' [verb] \{1\}

Notes:

\{1\} Unless this is a mistake for gagraban.