Where does “Отделение” come from?

Отделение (Russian) comes from Russian отдели́ть, from Russian дели́ть, from Proto-Slavic děliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Отделение (Russian): department, division, branch

Definitions

  1. department, division, branch

Ancestry of “Отделение”, step by step

Отделение traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian отдели́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотдели́тьto separate, to detach, to part
2Russianдели́тьto divide
3Proto-Slavicdělitito divide
4Proto-Balto-Slavicdoyl-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via Bulgarian отделя́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianотделя́—

Words derived from “Отделение”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl- →Every word from Proto-Slavic děliti →