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Where does “pasma” come from?

pasma (Finnish) comes from Russian пасмо, from Proto-Slavic pasmo, from Proto-Indo-European pē̆s- — to blow.

pasma (Finnish): a part of skein, consisting of a fixed number of...

Definitions

  1. a part of skein, consisting of a fixed number of...

Ancestry of “pasma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпасмо—
2Proto-Slavicpasmo—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpē̆s-to blow

Words derived from “pasma”

  • pasmalanka
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pē̆s- →