Where does “страхъ” come from?

страхъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic straxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic strākš-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- — rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong.

страхъ (Old Church Slavonic): fear, dread

Definitions

  1. fear, dread

Ancestry of “страхъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstraxъfear, terror
2Proto-Balto-Slavicstrākš-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)treg-rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)treg- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic strākš- →Every word from Proto-Slavic straxъ →