Where does “порохъ” come from?
порохъ (Old Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic porxъ, from Proto-Indo-European pers- — to sprinkle, to spatter.
Ancestry of “порохъ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | porxъ | dust |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pers- | to sprinkle, to spatter |