Where does “пьянь” come from?

пьянь (Russian) comes from Russian -ь, from Old East Slavic -ь, from Proto-Slavic -ь, from Proto-Indo-European -is — Forms nouns from verbs.

пьянь (Russian): drunks, drunkards; drunkenness

Definitions

  1. drunks, drunkards; drunkenness

Ancestry of “пьянь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ь
2Old East Slavic-ь—
3Proto-Slavic-ьForms nouns; From adjectives; From participles
4Proto-Indo-European-isForms nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -is →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ь →Every word from Russian -ь →
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