Where does “хвостъ” come from?

хвостъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic xvȍstъ — bundle, sheaf.

хвостъ (Old Church Slavonic): tail

Definitions

  1. tail

Ancestry of “хвостъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicxvȍstъbundle, sheaf
Every word from Proto-Slavic xvȍstъ