- dhrebh-
- dhrebh-English meaning: to crush, grindDeutsche Übersetzung: “zerbrechen, zermalmen”Material: Goth. gadraban “cut out, λατομεῖν”; O.N. draf n., O.E. dræf n. “offal”, O.N. drafna “ separate in small parts “, blōÞ-drefjar m. “ bloodstain “; O.C.S. drobljǫ, drobiti “ crush, break, rupture, grind”, Russ. drobь f. “break, piece, fragment”, R.C.S. drobьnъ, Bulg. dróben ‘small, little”, next to which with ablaut e : Bulg. drében ds., dreb “ secession of wool, by rippling the flax; liver “, Russ. drébezg ‘shards, debris”; Fick BB. 2, 199, Berneker 225-226 (m. further Lith.). With Goth. hlaiw, Þatei was gadraban us staina compares Hoffmann BB. 18, 288 τράφος τάφος Hes., so that the application of our root to “quarrying out of stones” would be old. A similar to root dhreb- in: O.N. drepa “prick, bump, poke, slay”, O.E. drepan ‘slay, meet”, M.L.G. drepen “meet, fight”, O.H.G. treffan “meet, touch”, O.N. drep n. “blow, knock”, O.E. gedrep ds., M.H.G. tref m. n. “ prank, blow, club, meeting “, O.E. drepe m. (*drapi-) “ manslaughter “, O.N. drüp n. ds.; presumably as kvǣ ði drepit stefjum: O.N. drüpa f. “ one from several distinguished parts of existing poem by sog. stef; usually a praise song”.References: WP. I 875 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.