Where does “бездорожье” come from?

бездорожье (Russian) comes from Russian доро́га, from Proto-Slavic dorga, from Proto-Indo-European derHgʰ- — to tug, to stretch; to pluck.

бездорожье (Russian): impassability; mud-locked roads, lack or shortage of (good) roads

Definitions

  1. impassability; mud-locked roads, lack or shortage of (good) roads

Ancestry of “бездорожье”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдоро́гаway; road
2Proto-Slavicdorgapath, road; way
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanderHgʰ-to tug, to stretch; to pluck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European derHgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dorga →Every word from Russian доро́га →