Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/užasъ

Etymology
Morphologically equivalent to.

Further etymology is problematic:
 * On morphological basis, has been linked to the root of, which however poses semantic problems.
 * An alternative proposal suggests genetic relation to, presumably from pre-Slavic.
 * Possibly a borrowing from, assumming that related non-prefixed forms are back-formations and that was rendered as 🇨🇬 < *-ē- (rather than formally expected *-ai-).

Noun

 * 1)  awe, dismay
 * → horror, fright, dread (in South, East Slavic)
 * → amazement, astonishment (in West Slavic)

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