Where does “странность” come from?
странность (Russian) comes from Russian стра́нный, from Old Church Slavonic страньнъ, from Old Church Slavonic страна, from Proto-Slavic stornà — side, land.
странность (Russian): strangeness; singularity, oddity, eccentricity,...
Definitions
- strangeness; singularity, oddity, eccentricity,...
Ancestry of “странность”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | стра́нный | strange |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | страньнъ | strange; compatriot |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | страна | side; country, region |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | stornà | side, land |