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Where does “guba” come from?

guba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic gǫba — mushroom; lip, mouth.

guba (Serbo-Croatian): mushroom; sponge; leprosy

Definitions

  1. mushroom; sponge; leprosy

Ancestry of “guba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgǫbamushroom; lip, mouth
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