Where does “grib” come from?

grib (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic gribъ, from Proto-Slavic gribati — to scrape, to dig.

grib (Serbo-Croatian): fungus

Definitions

  1. fungus

Ancestry of “grib”, step by step

grib traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic gribъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgribъmushroom
2Proto-Slavicgribatito scrape, to dig

via Greek γρίπος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekγρίποςfishing equipment, fishing net
Every word from Proto-Slavic gribati →Every word from Proto-Slavic gribъ →