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Where does “железа” come from?

железа (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic želza, from Proto-Indo-European gʰelǵʰ-.

Ancestry of “железа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicželzagland
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰelǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰelǵʰ- →