Where does “griba” come from?

griba (Votic) comes from Russian гриб, from Proto-Slavic gribъ, from Proto-Slavic gribati — to scrape, to dig.

griba (Votic): mushroom

Definitions

  1. mushroom

Ancestry of “griba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгрибfungus (a category of eukaryotic organism, having cell walls but no chlorophyll)
2Proto-Slavicgribъmushroom
3Proto-Slavicgribatito scrape, to dig
Every word from Proto-Slavic gribati →Every word from Proto-Slavic gribъ →Every word from Russian гриб →