grēb(h)o-s : grōb(h)o-s

    grēb(h)o-s : grōb(h)o-s

    English meaning: hornbeam

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Weißbuche”, teilweise Deckwort for “Eiche”

    Note: Root grēb(h)o-s : grōb(h)o-s : “hornbeam” derived from zero grade of Root gerebh- : “to scratch, write (carve wood)”

    Grammatical information: m.

    Material: Maked. (Illyr.) γράβιον “torch” (“Eichenholz”?); Ven. PN Grēbia, Illyr. VN Grabaei, PN Γρᾶβος, Γράβων; Umbr. GN Grabovius (== Pol. grabowy, see under) “Eichengott” (altUmbr. Krapuvi, neuUmbr. Grabovie, dat.) borrowed from Illyr. grüb- (older grēb-); likewise Illyr. Lw. is Lat. grabütus “bed” (*from Eichenholz) from Gk.-Illyr. κράβ(β)ατος ds. Maybe Alb. krevat (krabat) “bed” grōb(h)o-s: Bal.-Slav. graba- m. “hornbeam” in: O.Pruss. wosi-grabis “ Spindelbaum “, Ltv. PN Gruõbina (gruõbas); Ser.-Cr. grȁb, Russ. grab, Pol. grab “hornbeam”, grabowy “ belonging to beech “; perhaps to gerebh- “ crack, split “.

    References: WH. I 171, 614 f., 855, Krahe IF. 59, 63 ff.