Where does “ужасъ” come from?
ужасъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic užasъ, from Proto-Slavic u- — away.
Ancestry of “ужасъ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | užasъ | horror; astonishment |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | u- | away |
Words derived from “ужасъ”