Where does “մալինա” come from?

մալինա (Armenian) comes from Russian мали́на, from Proto-Slavic malina, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂l- — black.

մալինա (Armenian): raspberry fruit and shrub

Definitions

  1. raspberry fruit and shrub

Ancestry of “մալինա”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмали́наraspberries fruit
2Proto-Slavicmalinaraspberry
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂l-black
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂l- →Every word from Proto-Slavic malina →Every word from Russian мали́на →