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Where does “śáina” come from?

śáina (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- — to shine, shimmer.

Ancestry of “śáina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “śáina”

  • сено
  • sianokosy
  • siano
  • сијено
  • sijeno
  • сено
  • seno
  • σανός
  • сено
  • сяно
  • seno
  • сено
  • sěno
  • seno
  • seno
  • сена
  • сѣно
  • seno
  • syno
  • śonü
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