Where does “окаменеть” come from?
окаменеть (Russian) comes from Russian камене́ть, from Russian ка́мень, from Old East Slavic камень, from Proto-Slavic kamy, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éḱmō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
окаменеть (Russian): to turn to stone, to petrify; to petrify, to be...
Definitions
- to turn to stone, to petrify; to petrify, to be...
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