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

  1. settling, settlement, colonization; occupancy

Ancestry of “заселение”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзасели́тьto occupy, to settle (in), to move (into), to populate
2Russianсели́тьto settle
3Russianсело́village
4Old East Slavicселоdwelling
5Proto-Slavicselovillage
6Proto-Indo-Europeansēl-to calm, quiet, be favourable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēl- →Every word from Proto-Slavic selo →Every word from Old East Slavic село →