gerebh-

    gerebh-

    English meaning: to scratch, write

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “ritzen” and Verwandtes

    Material: 1. gerbh-: Gk. γράφω “ scratch, carve, cut, mark by cutting or scratching, write “ (*gr̥bhō), γράμμα “alphabetic letter”, γραμμή “line”, γραφεύς “ scribe “, γραπτύς “ Ritzung der Haut “ (besides dialect forms with -ρο- instead of -ρα-); O.E. ceorfan (participle corfen) “cut, clip, notch”, O.H.G. kerban “ make incision, cut, clip”, Ger. kerben, M.H.G. kerbe f. “ incision, notch”, kerp m. “ seam, joint, fugue “, O.E. cyrf m. “cut”; Slav. *žerbъ in O.C.S. žrě bъ, Ser.-Cr. ždrȉ jeb, Clr. žé reb “lot, fate” and Slav. žerbьjь in O.C.S. žrě bьjь “lot, fate, crumb” (“*notched rod”), O.Pruss. gīrbin “number” (“*crenation, series of notches on the outer edges of a leaf or shell “). Maybe Alb. krrabë ‘shepherd’s stick” 2. grebh-: M.H.G. krabelen (with expressive intensification: M.H.G. krappeln, M.L.G. krabbelen, out of it Ger. krabbeln) ‘scratch, scrape, grovel, truckle, creep”, O.N. krafla “ grovel, truckle, creep “, krafsa ‘scratch, scrape, leicht anrũhren”, Maybe Alb. kref, kreh (*krefs) “comb, clean” with expressive intensification Dan. Nor. krabbe ‘scratch, grapsen “ (and “ scrabble, scribble, scrawl, scratch, grovel, truckle, creep “, originally “ grovel, truckle, creep, while one gets stuck “), wherefore O.N. krabbi m., O.E. crabba, M.L.G. krabbe “crab” and O.H.G. (krebiz), *kraƀita-, krebaz(o), asächs. kreƀit, Ger. Krebs. - Quite doubtful Gk. γρόμφις ‘sow” (better “ the grunting “?) as nasal form. 3. Besides *gribh- (with expressive i?): Gk. γριφᾶσθαι γράφειν. Λάκωνες. οἱ δε ξύειν καὶ ἀμύσσειν Hes. (compare from sker-: Gk. σκαρῑφάομαι, Lat. scrībō), ἀγρίφη, ἀγρεῖφνα “ rake, gardening tool with a comb-like end; rack “ (ἀ- from *n̥- “in”, “ carve, cut, mark by cutting or scratching “?); Du. kribbelen “murmur”, kribelen “itch”, M.H.G. md. kribeln “ kitzeln (von der Sinuenlust) “, Ger. kribbeln, and with Gmc. pp: O.H.G. kripfan “ rasch und wiederholt wonach greifen “, Ger. kripfen “ esp. of scratching a groove “; Ltv. grīpsta “ scratch “.

    References: WP. I 606 f., Trautmann 87.

    See also: compare gred- ‘scratch, scrape”, grēb(h)o-s “hornbeam”.