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Where does “неслышно” come from?

неслышно (Russian) comes from Russian неслы́шный, from Russian не-, from Russian не, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

неслышно (Russian): inaudibly

Definitions

  1. inaudibly

Ancestry of “неслышно”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianнеслы́шный—
2Russianне-un-, non-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-, mis-
3Russianнеnot, no, -n't, without; Idiomatic negative usage;...
4Proto-Slavicnenot
5Proto-Balto-Slavicnē—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no
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