Where does “лесной пожар” come from?
лесной пожар (Russian) comes from Russian лесно́й, from Russian лес, from Old East Slavic лѣсъ, from Proto-Slavic lěsъ — forest, woods.
лесной пожар (Russian): forest fire
Ancestry of “лесной пожар”, step by step
лесной пожар traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian лесно́й
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | лесно́й | forest, wood |
| 2 | Russian | лес | forest, woods; lumber, timber; леса́ scaffolding,... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | лѣсъ | forest |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | lěsъ | forest, woods |
via Russian пожа́р
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | пожа́р | fire, conflagration (occurrence of fire in a certain place) |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *požarъ | fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place) |