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Where does “пелена” come from?

пелена (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic pelena, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

пелена (Old Church Slavonic): swaddling cloth; napkin

Definitions

  1. swaddling cloth; napkin

Ancestry of “пелена”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpelenadiaper
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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