Where does “ҫемье” come from?

ҫемье (Chuvash) comes from Russian семья́, from Old East Slavic сѣмиꙗ, from Proto-Slavic sěmьja, from Proto-Slavic sě̑mь — household member.

ҫемье (Chuvash): family

Definitions

  1. family

Ancestry of “ҫемье”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсемья́family
2Old East Slavicсѣмиꙗfamily, household; husband, wife
3Proto-Slavicsěmьjaliving in the same village; family, household
4Proto-Slavicsě̑mьhousehold member
Every word from Proto-Slavic sě̑mь →Every word from Proto-Slavic sěmьja →Every word from Old East Slavic сѣмиꙗ →