Where does “gryziel” come from?

gryziel (Polish) comes from Polish gryźć, from Proto-Slavic gryzti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic grūˀźtei.

gryziel (Polish): any of various spiders belonging to the genus Atypus

Definitions

  1. any of various spiders belonging to the genus Atypus

Ancestry of “gryziel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishgryźćto bite; to gnaw; to nag at, to bother
2Proto-Slavicgryztito gnaw
3Proto-Balto-Slavicgrūˀźtei—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic grūˀźtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic gryzti →Every word from Polish gryźć →