Where does “tselina” come from?

tselina (English) comes from Russian целина, from Proto-Slavic *cělina — totality, entirety, integrity.

tselina (English): A "virgin land": an underdeveloped, scarcely populated, high-fertility region of land often covered with chernozem soil in Russia and Kazakhstan

Definitions

  1. A "virgin land": an underdeveloped, scarcely populated, high-fertility region of land often covered with chernozem soil in Russia and Kazakhstan

Ancestry of “tselina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianцелинаtselina; virgin lands, virgin soil; unbroken...
2Proto-Slavic*cělinatotality, entirety, integrity
Every word from Proto-Slavic *cělina →Every word from Russian целина →
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