Where does “mozgъ” come from?

mozgъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic masgás, from Proto-Indo-European mosgʰós — marrow; brain.

mozgъ (Proto-Slavic): marrow, brain

Definitions

  1. marrow, brain

Ancestry of “mozgъ”, step by step

mozgъ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic masgás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicmasgásmarrow; brain
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmosgʰósmarrow; brain

via Proto-Indo-European mosgos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmosgos

Words derived from “mozgъ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mosgʰósEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic masgás