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Where does “plamen” come from?

plamen (Czech) comes from Old Czech plamen, from Proto-Slavic polmy, from Proto-Indo-European polh₁-men-, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₁- — to fill.

plamen (Czech): flame

Definitions

  1. flame

Ancestry of “plamen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechplamen—
2Proto-Slavicpolmyflame
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpolh₁-men-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₁-to fill

Words derived from “plamen”

  • plamenomet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelh₁- →