Where does “хоудость” come from?
хоудость (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic хоудъ, from Proto-Slavic xudъ, from Proto-Indo-European ksowdós, from Proto-Indo-European k⁽ʷ⁾sewd-, from Proto-Indo-European kes- — to scrape, comb.
хоудость (Old Church Slavonic): weakness; sickness
Ancestry of “хоудость”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | хоудъ | weak, feeble; small |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | xudъ | small, little, weak |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ksowdós | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | k⁽ʷ⁾sewd- | to crush, disperse; to disintegrate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kes- | to scrape, comb |