Where does “плохо́й” come from?

плохо́й (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic polxъ — frightful, fearful, afraid.

плохо́й (Russian): bad not good

Definitions

  1. bad not good

Ancestry of “плохо́й”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpolxъfrightful, fearful, afraid

Words derived from “плохо́й

Every word from Proto-Slavic polxъ