Where does “borzoi” come from?
borzoi (Malay) comes from English borzoi, from Russian борзо́й, from Russian бо́рзый, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.
borzoi (Malay): borzoi
Ancestry of “borzoi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | borzoi | A dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to... |
| 2 | Russian | борзо́й | swift |
| 3 | Russian | бо́рзый | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |