Where does “ги́бель” come from?
ги́бель (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic гыбель, from Proto-Slavic gybělь, from Proto-Slavic gybnǫti.
ги́бель (Russian): doom
Ancestry of “ги́бель”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | гыбель | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | gybělь | destruction, loss, doom |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | gybnǫti | — |
Words derived from “ги́бель”