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

  1. strangeness; singularity, oddity, eccentricity,...

Ancestry of “странность”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianстра́нныйstrange
2Old Church Slavonicстраньнъstrange; compatriot
3Old Church Slavonicстранаside; country, region
4Proto-Slavicstornàside, land
Every word from Proto-Slavic stornà →Every word from Old Church Slavonic страна →Every word from Old Church Slavonic страньнъ →