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Where does “исполи́н” come from?

исполи́н (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic исполинъ, from Proto-Slavic *jьspolinъ.

Ancestry of “исполи́н”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicисполинъgiant
2Proto-Slavic*jьspolinъ—

Words derived from “исполи́н”

  • исполинский
Every word from Proto-Slavic *jьspolinъ →