Where does “озябнуть” come from?
озябнуть (Russian) comes from Russian зя́бнуть, from Proto-Slavic zębnǫti, from Proto-Slavic zęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źemb-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵembʰ- — to bite, chew; tooth, nail; to pierce, gnaw...
озябнуть (Russian): to be cold, to freeze, to feel cold
Definitions
- to be cold, to freeze, to feel cold
Ancestry of “озябнуть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | зя́бнуть | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | zębnǫti | to suffer from cold; to germinate |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | zęti | to freeze? |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | źemb- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵembʰ- | to bite, chew; tooth, nail; to pierce, gnaw... |