Where does “дъхъ” come from?

дъхъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic dъxъ, from Proto-Slavic dyxъ — whiff, sniff.

дъхъ (Old Church Slavonic): breath; breathing

Definitions

  1. breath; breathing

Ancestry of “дъхъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdъxъbreath; whiff
2Proto-Slavicdyxъwhiff, sniff
Every word from Proto-Slavic dyxъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic dъxъ →