Where does “ожеледиця” come from?
ожеледиця (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian о́желедь, from Proto-Slavic *o(b)želdь, from Proto-Slavic [[*o(b)-]] + [[*želdь]].
ожеледиця (Ukrainian): black ice, ice-slick
Definitions
- black ice, ice-slick
Ancestry of “ожеледиця”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | о́желедь | glaze, glaze ice, glazed frost, verglas, sleet |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *o(b)želdь | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | [[*o(b)-]] + [[*želdь]] | — |