Where does “ujezd” come from?

ujezd (Polish) comes from Russian уе́зд, from Old East Slavic уѣздъ, from Proto-Slavic jězdъ, from Proto-Slavic ězditi, from Proto-Slavic (j)ězditi.

ujezd (Polish): uyezd

Definitions

  1. uyezd

Ancestry of “ujezd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianуе́здuyezd; district administrative unit in the Russian Empire before 1917
2Old East Slavicуѣздъ—
3Proto-Slavicjězdъ—
4Proto-Slavicězditi—
5Proto-Slavic(j)ězditi—
Every word from Proto-Slavic (j)ězditi →Every word from Proto-Slavic ězditi →Every word from Proto-Slavic jězdъ →