Where does “jìlъ” come from?
jìlъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic ī́ˀlus, from Proto-Indo-European (H)iHlús — mud; dark.
Ancestry of “jìlъ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ī́ˀlus | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)iHlús | mud; dark |
Words derived from “jìlъ”