Where does “поустꙑни” come from?

поустꙑни (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic pustyni, from Proto-Slavic pȗstъ — desolate; empty.

поустꙑни (Old Church Slavonic): wilderness, desert

Definitions

  1. wilderness, desert

Ancestry of “поустꙑни”, step by step

поустꙑни traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic pustyni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpustynidesert, wilderness, wasteland
2Proto-Slavicpȗstъdesolate; empty

via Slavic *pustyni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slavic*pustyni

Words derived from “поустꙑни

Every word from Proto-Slavic pȗstъEvery word from Proto-Slavic pustyni