Where does “гнев” come from?

гнев (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic gněvъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

гнев (Russian): anger; wrath

Definitions

  1. anger; wrath

Ancestry of “гнев”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgněvъanger, wrath
2Proto-Slavic-vъFrom thematic declension of u-stem...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*-was—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “гнев”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Proto-Slavic -vъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic gněvъ →
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