Where does “чинъ” come from?
чинъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic činъ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
чинъ (Old Church Slavonic): order; rank; rule
Ancestry of “чинъ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | činъ | dignity |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷis | interrogative, relative stem; who, what;... |