greti

greti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `dig, scrape, rake'

Page in Trubačev: VII 109-110

Old Church Slavic:

greti (Zogr., Mar., Ass.) `row' [verb], grebǫ [1sg]

Russian:

grestí `row, rake' [verb], grebú [1sg], grebët [3sg]

Czech:

hře(b)sti `bury' [verb]

Old Czech:

hřésti `bury' [verb], hřebu [1sg]

Slovak:

hriebst' `dig' [verb]

Polish:

grześć `bury' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

grèpsti `scrape, scratch' [verb], grèbēm [1sg];

Čak. grȅs (Orbanići) `scratch' [verb], grebȅn [1sg]

Slovene:

grébsti `dig, comb' [verb], grébem [1sg]

Bulgarian:

grebá `spoon, scoop, rake, row' [verb]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: grebtei

Lithuanian:

grė́bti `rake, seize, rob' [verb] \{1\}

Latvian:

grebt `scrape, excavate, seize' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: gʰrebʰ-tei

Other cognates:

Skt. gr̯bʰṇā́ti `seize, take, hold' [verb];

Go. graban `dig' [verb]

Notes:

\{1\} The acute root vowel is analogical after gróbti `seize' (Derksen 1996: 321-322).