Where does “piorun” come from?

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

piorun (Polish): lightning

Definitions

  1. lightning

Ancestry of “piorun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East SlavicПерунъPerun
2Proto-Slavicperunъthunder, lightning
3Proto-Indo-Europeanperkunosthe thunder god
4Proto-Indo-Europeanperkʷ-oak

Words derived from “piorun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkunos →Every word from Proto-Slavic perunъ →