Where does “загризати” come from?

загризати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian за̀гристи, from Serbo-Croatian гри̏сти, from Proto-Slavic gryzti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic grūˀźtei.

загризати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of за̀гристи

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of за̀гристи

Ancestry of “загризати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianза̀гристиto bite at/into, take a bite of
2Serbo-Croatianгри̏стиto bite
3Proto-Slavicgryztito gnaw
4Proto-Balto-Slavicgrūˀźtei—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic grūˀźtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic gryzti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian гри̏сти →