Where does “бѣлота” come from?

бѣлота (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic *bělota, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

бѣлота (Old East Slavic): whiteness

Definitions

  1. whiteness

Ancestry of “бѣлота”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*bělotawhiteness
2Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
4Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota →Every word from Proto-Slavic *bělota →