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Where does “пламя” come from?

пламя (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic пламꙑ, from Proto-Slavic polmy, from Proto-Indo-European polh₁-men-, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₁- — to fill.

пламя (Russian): flame; blaze

Definitions

  1. flame; blaze

Ancestry of “пламя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпламꙑflame
2Proto-Slavicpolmyflame
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpolh₁-men-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₁-to fill

Words derived from “пламя”

  • пламенеть
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelh₁- →