Where does “бѣлость” come from?

бѣлость (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ, from Proto-Slavic bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēlHs — white surface or stain.

бѣлость (Old Church Slavonic): whiteness

Definitions

  1. whiteness

Ancestry of “бѣлость”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicбѣлъwhite
2Proto-Slavicbělъwhite
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰēlHswhite surface or stain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēlHs →Every word from Proto-Slavic bělъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ →