An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/grapsen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2637377An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — grapsenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

grapsen, verb, ‘to grasp, snatch,’ simply Modern High German; probably allied primitively to Modern High German Garbe, and English to grab, to grasp, Sanscrit gṛbh, ‘to seize,’ Lithuanian grópti, ‘to snatch, grasp.’