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Where does “popel” come from?

popel (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic pepelъ, from Proto-Indo-European pepelh₁-o-.

Ancestry of “popel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpepelъash, ashes
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpepelh₁-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pepelh₁-o- →