Where does “gruz” come from?

gruz (Polish) comes from Hungarian Grúzia, from Russian Гру́зия, from Russian грузи́н, from Old East Slavic гурзи — Georgians.

gruz (Polish): rubble

Definitions

  1. rubble

Ancestry of “gruz”, step by step

gruz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian Grúzia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianGrúzia—
2RussianГру́зия—
3Russianгрузи́нGeorgian, Kartvelian person from the country of Georgia
4Old East SlavicгурзиGeorgians

via Proto-Slavic gruzъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgruzъcrushed stone
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgrauˀźas—

Words derived from “gruz”

Every word from Old East Slavic гурзи →Every word from Russian грузи́н →Every word from Russian Гру́зия →