Where does “маслёнок” come from?

маслёнок (Russian) comes from Russian ма́сло, from Old East Slavic масло, from Proto-Slavic maslo — oil; butter.

маслёнок (Russian): slippery jack mushroom, sticky bun mushroom (Suillus luteus), an edible mushroom with a mucous oily yellow-brown cap

Definitions

  1. slippery jack mushroom, sticky bun mushroom (Suillus luteus), an edible mushroom with a mucous oily yellow-brown cap

Ancestry of “маслёнок”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianма́слоbutter, oil
2Old East Slavicмасло—
3Proto-Slavicmaslooil; butter
Every word from Proto-Slavic maslo →Every word from Old East Slavic масло →Every word from Russian ма́сло →
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