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Where does “Перунъ” come from?

Перунъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic perunъ, from Proto-Indo-European perkunos, from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- — oak.

Ancestry of “Перунъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicperunъthunder, lightning
2Proto-Indo-Europeanperkunosthe thunder god
3Proto-Indo-Europeanperkʷ-oak
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