Where does “peasnă” come from?

peasnă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic пѣснь, from Proto-Slavic pěsnь, from Proto-Slavic pěti, from Proto-Indo-European poiH-.

peasnă (Romanian): a hymn, a church song

Definitions

  1. a hymn, a church song

Ancestry of “peasnă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпѣсньsong
2Proto-Slavicpěsnьsong
3Proto-Slavicpětito sing
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoiH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European poiH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pěti →Every word from Proto-Slavic pěsnь →