Where does “отдел” come from?

отдел (Russian) comes from Russian отдели́ть, from Russian дели́ть, from Proto-Slavic děliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

отдел (Russian): department, division, bureau, office, section

Definitions

  1. department, division, bureau, office, section

Ancestry of “отдел”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотдели́тьto separate, to detach, to part
2Russianдели́тьto divide
3Proto-Slavicdělitito divide
4Proto-Balto-Slavicdoyl-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

Words derived from “отдел”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl- →Every word from Proto-Slavic děliti →