Where does “сѣнь” come from?

сѣнь (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic sěnь, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

сѣнь (Old Church Slavonic): shadow

Definitions

  1. shadow

Ancestry of “сѣнь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsěnьshadow
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-Every word from Proto-Slavic sěnь
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