Where does “groza” come from?

groza (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic groza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic groź-.

groza (Serbo-Croatian): horror, terror, dread, shiver

Definitions

  1. horror, terror, dread, shiver

Ancestry of “groza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgrozahorror
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgroź-
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic groź-Every word from Proto-Slavic groza