Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *drabanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_drabaną
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013*drobìtito crumble, crush
verbStrong class 6to hit, hewFrom Proto-Indo-European *dʰóbʰ-e/o-, an o-grade form of root *dʰrebʰ- (‘to grind; crush; kill’). It is the strong counterpart to the iterative *druppōną (‘to drop, to fall; to drip, to seep’), which in turn was the source of the secondary strong verb, *drepaną (‘to hit, strike’) Kroonen 2013. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *drobìti (‘to crumble, crush’) and Russian дроби́ть (drobítʹ, ‘to crush, to comminute, to pulverize, to smash’).