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Where does “тѣлесьнъ” come from?

тѣлесьнъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic тѣло, from Proto-Slavic tělo — body.

Ancestry of “тѣлесьнъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicтѣлоbody; corpse; the church as the Body of Christ
2Proto-Slavictělobody

Words derived from “тѣлесьнъ”

  • телесный
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