Where does “віспа” come from?

віспа (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic osъpa, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

віспа (Ukrainian): smallpox

Definitions

  1. smallpox

Ancestry of “віспа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicosъpasmallpox
2Proto-Slavic-aid
3Proto-Indo-European-ōd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →Every word from Proto-Slavic osъpa →