Where does “прахъ” come from?

прахъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic porxъ, from Proto-Indo-European pers- — to sprinkle, to spatter.

прахъ (Old Church Slavonic): dust

Definitions

  1. dust

Ancestry of “прахъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicporxъdust
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpers-to sprinkle, to spatter

Words derived from “прахъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pers- →Every word from Proto-Slavic porxъ →