Where does “си́зый” come from?

си́зый (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic сизъ, from Proto-Slavic *sìzъ — dove-coloured, warm grey, bluish.

си́зый (Russian): dove-coloured/colored, warm grey, bluish

Definitions

  1. dove-coloured/colored, warm grey, bluish

Ancestry of “си́зый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicсизъdove-coloured, warm grey, bluish
2Proto-Slavic*sìzъdove-coloured, warm grey, bluish

Words derived from “си́зый

Every word from Proto-Slavic *sìzъ