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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicužasъhorror; astonishment
2Proto-Slavicu-away

Words derived from “ужасъ”

Every word from Proto-Slavic u- →Every word from Proto-Slavic užasъ →