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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →