Where does “хромъ” come from?

хромъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic xromъ, from Proto-Indo-European sromos.

хромъ (Old Church Slavonic): lame

Definitions

  1. lame

Ancestry of “хромъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicxromъlame, crippled
2Proto-Indo-Europeansromos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sromos →Every word from Proto-Slavic xromъ →
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