Where does “борзо́й” come from?
борзо́й (Russian) comes from Russian бо́рзый, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.
борзо́й (Russian): swift
Ancestry of “борзо́й”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | бо́рзый | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
Words derived from “борзо́й”