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