Where does “griža” come from?
griža (Slovene) comes from Proto-Slavic gryža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
griža (Slovene): dysentery
Ancestry of “griža”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | gryža | physical discomfort, pain; worry, concern |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |