Where does “лесопильня” come from?

лесопильня (Russian) comes from Russian лес, from Old East Slavic лѣсъ, from Proto-Slavic lěsъ — forest, woods.

лесопильня (Russian): sawmill

Definitions

  1. sawmill

Ancestry of “лесопильня”, step by step

лесопильня traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian лес

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлесforest, woods; lumber, timber; леса́ scaffolding,...
2Old East Slavicлѣсъforest
3Proto-Slaviclěsъforest, woods

via Russian пили́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпили́тьto saw
Every word from Proto-Slavic lěsъ →Every word from Old East Slavic лѣсъ →Every word from Russian лес →