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Where does “жнивьё” come from?

жнивьё (Russian) comes from Russian -ьё, from Russian -ие, from Proto-Slavic -ьje — Denominal, forming collective nouns; Deverbal ,...

жнивьё (Russian): field of wheat, rye or other grains; stubble;...

Definitions

  1. field of wheat, rye or other grains; stubble;...

Ancestry of “жнивьё”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ьё—
2Russian-иеAbstract noun suffix; forms part of larger...
3Proto-Slavic-ьjeDenominal, forming collective nouns; Deverbal ,...
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