Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grappōną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Pre-Germanic *gʰrobʰneh₂-, apparently an iterative to *grabaną (“to dig”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*grappōną
Inflection
editThe original paradigm contrasted singular *grapp- against non-singular *grab-.
Conjugation of *grappōną (weak class 2)
Descendants
edit- English: grab, also cf. grapple
- Middle Low German: grabben
- Middle Dutch: grapen, grabben
- (Dutch: grabbelen)