Where does “знамѧ” come from?

знамѧ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic znamę, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃men.

знамѧ (Old Church Slavonic): sign

Definitions

  1. sign

Ancestry of “знамѧ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicznamęsign
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃men—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃men →Every word from Proto-Slavic znamę →