Where does “хлад” come from?

хлад (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic хладъ, from Proto-Slavic xoldъ, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

хлад (Russian): cold

Definitions

  1. cold

Ancestry of “хлад”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicхладъcool wind
2Proto-Slavicxoldъcold, coolness
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “хлад”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Slavic xoldъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic хладъ →