Etymograph

English

kholodets

Kholodets may come from Russian холоде́ц ‘aspic (dish)’, from Proto-Slavic *xolditi ‘to cool’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-1‘to be cold, to freeze’uncertain
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xoldъ2‘cold, coolness’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xolditi3‘to cool’reconstructed
  4. Russianmodernхолоде́ц3xolodéc‘aspic (dish)’uncertain
  5. Englishtodaykholodets3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Slavic *xoldъ
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Slavic *xolditi
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English kholodets

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-Wiktionary, Proto-Slavic *xoldъ‘to be cold, to freeze’uncertain
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xoldъWiktionary, Proto-Slavic *xolditi‘cold, coolness’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xolditiWiktionary, English kholodets‘to cool’reconstructed
  4. Russianmodernхолоде́цWiktionary, English kholodetsxolodéc‘aspic (dish)’uncertain
  5. EnglishtodaykholodetsWiktionary, English kholodets

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’

children, child, clean, cold, cloud, chill, globe, cluster, gel, jelly, colt, clout, gelatin, clot, gelato, clough, glebe, ganglion, klutz, globus, globulin, clod, 47 more

Today it means

noun A pork jelly or aspic traditionally eaten in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “kholodets”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Slavic *xoldъ, Proto-Slavic *xolditi. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gel- / kholodets

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