Where does “земля́нка” come from?
земля́нка (Russian) comes from Russian землянин, from Bulgarian земя, from Proto-Slavic zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.
земля́нка (Russian): dugout, earth-house, (mud) hut, zemlyanka
Definitions
- dugout, earth-house, (mud) hut, zemlyanka
Ancestry of “земля́нка”, step by step
земля́нка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.