Where does “заселение” come from?
заселение (Russian) comes from Russian засели́ть, from Russian сели́ть, from Russian село́, from Old East Slavic село, from Proto-Slavic selo, from Proto-Indo-European sēl- — to calm, quiet, be favourable.
заселение (Russian): settling, settlement, colonization; occupancy
Definitions
- settling, settlement, colonization; occupancy
Ancestry of “заселение”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | засели́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | сели́ть | to settle |
| 3 | Russian | село́ | — |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | село | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | selo | village |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sēl- | to calm, quiet, be favourable |