Where does “се́мя” come from?

се́мя (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic сѣмѧ, from Proto-Slavic sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmin, from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

се́мя (Russian): seed

Definitions

  1. seed

Ancestry of “се́мя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicсѣмѧseed
2Proto-Slavicsěmęseed
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*sḗˀminseed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₁mn̥seed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “се́мя”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥ →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmin →