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Where does “прогризати” come from?

прогризати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian про̀гристи, from Serbo-Croatian гри̏сти, from Proto-Slavic gryzti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic grūˀźtei.

прогризати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of про̀гристи

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of про̀гристи

Ancestry of “прогризати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпро̀гристи—
2Serbo-Croatianгри̏сти—
3Proto-Slavicgryztito gnaw
4Proto-Balto-Slavicgrūˀźtei—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic grūˀźtei →