Where does “wuž” come from?

wuž (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic ǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

wuž (Lower Sorbian): snake, serpent

Definitions

  1. snake, serpent

Ancestry of “wuž”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicǫžьsnake
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*ángissnake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake

Words derived from “wuž”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis →Every word from Proto-Slavic ǫžь →