Where does “облезлый” come from?
облезлый (Russian) comes from Russian обле́зть, from Russian лезть, from Old East Slavic лѣзти, from Proto-Slavic lězti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁ǵʰ- — to crawl on the ground; low.
облезлый (Russian): shabby, bare
Ancestry of “облезлый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | обле́зть | — |
| 2 | Russian | лезть | to climb , to scramble; to clamber, to crawl, to... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | лѣзти | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | lězti | to crawl; to climb |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | lḗˀźtei | to crawl |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁ǵʰ- | to crawl on the ground; low |