Where does “зеленъ” come from?

зеленъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic zelenъ, from Proto-Slavic zelti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

зеленъ (Old Church Slavonic): green

Definitions

  1. green

Ancestry of “зеленъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviczelenъgreen
2Proto-Slaviczeltiperhaps to hurt, to sting, to inflict trauma
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Slavic zelti →Every word from Proto-Slavic zelenъ →