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Where does “grinja” come from?

grinja (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

Ancestry of “grinja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

Words derived from “grinja”

  • grij
  • grihë
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