Where does “поклонъ” come from?

поклонъ (Old Novgorodian) comes from Proto-Slavic *poklonъ, from Proto-Slavic klonъ, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

поклонъ (Old Novgorodian): greetings

Definitions

  1. greetings

Ancestry of “поклонъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*poklonъbow (as in bowing down)
2Proto-Slavicklonъoffset, protrusion; slope; branch, twig
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Slavic klonъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic *poklonъ →
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