Where does “czerń” come from?

czerń (Polish) comes from Polish Czarny, from Old Polish czarny, from Proto-Slavic *čь̀rnъ — black.

czerń (Polish): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “czerń”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishCzarnyblack
2Old Polishczarnyblack
3Proto-Slavic*čь̀rnъblack

Words derived from “czerń”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *čь̀rnъ →Every word from Old Polish czarny →Every word from Polish Czarny →