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Where does “ruina” come from?

ruina (Polish) comes from Latin ruīna, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.

ruina (Polish): ruin

Definitions

  1. ruin

Ancestry of “ruina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinruīna—
2Latinruō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rew-to run, to hurry
4Proto-Indo-European-w-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -w- →