Where does “скудний” come from?

скудний (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic скꙋдьнъ, from Proto-Slavic *skǫdьnъ — scant.

скудний (Ukrainian): scant, sparse, meagre, inadequate

Definitions

  1. scant, sparse, meagre, inadequate

Ancestry of “скудний”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicскꙋдьнъ—
2Proto-Slavic*skǫdьnъscant
Every word from Proto-Slavic *skǫdьnъ →Every word from Old East Slavic скꙋдьнъ →
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