Where does “popil” come from?

popil (Middle English) comes from Ukrainian по́піл, from Proto-Slavic pepelъ, from Proto-Indo-European pepelh₁-o-.

Ancestry of “popil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпо́пілash
2Proto-Slavicpepelъash, ashes
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpepelh₁-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pepelh₁-o- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pepelъ →Every word from Ukrainian по́піл →