Where does “хреновый” come from?
хреновый (Russian) comes from Russian -о́вый, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.
Ancestry of “хреновый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | -о́вый | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | -овъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ovъ | of, belonging to |