çekim: geçmiş knabberte · ortaç geknabbert · şimdiki knabbert · ulaç knabbernd
eş: nagen
köken: Borrowed from German Low German knabbeln, knabbern, which appears to be an iterative verbal formation related to knapp (“scarce, barely”), with onomatopoeic reinforcement. Compare Dutch knabbelen.
çekim: geçmiş гры́зший · ortaç гры́зший · şimdiki грызёт · ulaç грызу́щий
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gryzti. Cognate with Bulgarian гриза́ (grizá), Serbo-Croatian гри̏сти/grȉsti, Slovene gristi, Slovak hrýzť. Non-Slavic cognates include Old Armenian կրծեմ (krcem) and probably Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “grate, grind”).
to gnaw, nibble · to bite (fingernails) · to swot (to study with effort or determination)
çekim: geçmiş կրծեի · şimdiki կրծում է
köken: From Old Armenian կրծեմ (krcem). The sense “to swot” is probably a calque of Russian грызть гранит науки (gryztʹ granit nauki, “to grind away at one's studies”, literally “to gnaw the granite of science”).
çekim: geçmiş mordetis · ortaç mordetinta · ulaç mordetanta
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto mordi Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etbor. ▲ Late Latin -ittus Italian -ettobor. Esperanto -et- Esperanto mordeti From mordi + -et-.