Where does “гуща” come from?

гуща (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic гуща, from Proto-Slavic gǫšča, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

гуща (Russian): sediment, grounds, lees, "soup" the body;...

Definitions

  1. sediment, grounds, lees, "soup" the body;...

Ancestry of “гуща”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicгуща—
2Proto-Slavicgǫščasediment, compression
3Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Proto-Slavic gǫšča →