Where does “гангрена” come from?

гангрена (Kazakh) comes from Russian гангре́на, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα, from Ancient Greek γράω, from Proto-Indo-European *gres-.

гангрена (Kazakh): gangrene

Definitions

  1. gangrene

Ancestry of “гангрена”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгангре́наgangrene, mortification
2Ancient Greekγάγγραιναgangrene
3Ancient Greekγράωto gnaw, eat
4Proto-Indo-European*gres-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gres- →Every word from Ancient Greek γράω →Every word from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα →