Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grappōną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *gʰrobʰneh₂-, apparently an iterative to *grabaną (“to dig”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*grappōną
Inflection
[edit]The 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)