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Where does “posteli” come from?

posteli (Karelian) comes from Russian посте́ль, from Proto-Slavic *posteľь.

posteli (Karelian): straw bolster

Definitions

  1. straw bolster

Ancestry of “posteli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпосте́льbed; bedding
2Proto-Slavic*posteľь—
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