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Where does “песок” come from?

песок (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic pěsъkъ, from Proto-Indo-European pē(n)s-u-ko-.

Ancestry of “песок”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpěsъkъsand
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpē(n)s-u-ko-—

Words derived from “песок”

  • песочек
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pē(n)s-u-ko- →