strach
Polish
noun
Definitions
- fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
- scarecrow
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *straxъ.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*straxъ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- страх Russian
- страшный Russian
- przestrach Polish
- *straxъ Proto-Slavic
- strach Czech
- strah Serbo-Croatian
- страх Serbo-Croatian
- страх Bulgarian
- страв Macedonian
- strach Slovak
- страх Belarusian
- strah Slovene
- страхъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- tšach Lower Sorbian
- *strākš- Proto-Balto-Slavic