Where does “близъ” come from?

близъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic blizъ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- — to shine.

близъ (Old Church Slavonic): near; close to

Definitions

  1. near; close to

Ancestry of “близъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicblizъnear, proximate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic blizъ →