Where does “groza” come from?

groza (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic groza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic groź-.

groza (Lower Sorbian): horror, terror, dread

Definitions

  1. horror, terror, dread

Ancestry of “groza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgrozahorror
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgroź-
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic groź-Every word from Proto-Slavic groza
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