Where does “ѫжь” come from?

ѫжь (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic ǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

ѫжь (Old East Slavic): rope

Definitions

  1. rope

Ancestry of “ѫжь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicǫžьsnake
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*ángissnake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake

Words derived from “ѫжь”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis →Every word from Proto-Slavic ǫžь →