Where does “Hrib” come from?

Hrib (English) comes from Romanian hrib, from Ukrainian гриб, from Proto-Slavic gribъ, from Proto-Slavic gribati — to scrape, to dig.

Ancestry of “Hrib”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhribporcini (Boletus edulis)
2Ukrainianгрибfungus
3Proto-Slavicgribъmushroom
4Proto-Slavicgribatito scrape, to dig
Every word from Proto-Slavic gribati →Every word from Proto-Slavic gribъ →Every word from Ukrainian гриб →