Where does “сель” come from?
сель (Russian) comes from Russian со́рок, from Old East Slavic сорокъ, from Proto-Slavic *sorkъ.
сель (Russian): landslide, mudslide, mudflow
Definitions
- landslide, mudslide, mudflow
Ancestry of “сель”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | со́рок | forty |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | сорокъ | a bunch of 40 sable pelts; a bunch of 40 sable... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *sorkъ | — |