Where does “гноище” come from?

гноище (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ище, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

гноище (Old Church Slavonic): heap of dung

Definitions

  1. heap of dung

Ancestry of “гноище”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonic-ище—
2Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
3Proto-Slavicisk-je—
Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ище →
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