Where does “нечьсть” come from?

нечьсть (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic не, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

нечьсть (Old Church Slavonic): profanation

Definitions

  1. profanation

Ancestry of “нечьсть”, step by step

нечьсть traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic не

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicнеno; not
2Proto-Slavicnenot
3Proto-Balto-Slavicnēnot
4Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no

via Old Church Slavonic чьсть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicчьстьhonour
2Proto-Slavicčьstьhonor, respect
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*kistis—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷit-tis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European né →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē →Every word from Proto-Slavic ne →