Where does “ужа́сный” come from?

ужа́сный (Russian) comes from Russian ужас, from Old East Slavic ужасъ, from Proto-Slavic užasъ, from Proto-Slavic u- — away.

ужа́сный (Russian): terrible, horrible, dreadful, awful in senses of either inducing fear or very unpleasant

Definitions

  1. terrible, horrible, dreadful, awful in senses of either inducing fear or very unpleasant

Ancestry of “ужа́сный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianужасhorror, terror; disaster, mess; it's terrible!
2Old East Slavicужасъ—
3Proto-Slavicužasъhorror; astonishment
4Proto-Slavicu-away

Words derived from “ужа́сный”

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