Where does “אוּיעזד” come from?

אוּיעזד (Yiddish) comes from Russian уе́зд, from Old East Slavic уѣздъ, from Proto-Slavic jězdъ, from Proto-Slavic ězditi, from Proto-Slavic (j)ězditi.

אוּיעזד (Yiddish): uyezd, An administrative subdivision of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, in use from the 13th century

Definitions

  1. uyezd, An administrative subdivision of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, in use from the 13th century

Ancestry of “אוּיעזד”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianуе́здuyezd; district administrative unit in the Russian Empire before 1917
2Old East Slavicуѣздъ—
3Proto-Slavicjězdъ—
4Proto-Slavicězditi—
5Proto-Slavic(j)ězditi—
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