Where does “гниль” come from?

гниль (Russian) comes from Russian гнить, from Proto-Slavic gňiti, from Proto-Indo-European gʰneyH-.

гниль (Russian): rottenness, rot

Definitions

  1. rottenness, rot

Ancestry of “гниль”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгнитьto rot, to go bad, to putrefy, to decompose, to...
2Proto-Slavicgňitito rot
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰneyH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰneyH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic gňiti →Every word from Russian гнить →
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