Where does “щёлочь” come from?

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

щёлочь (Russian): alkali

Definitions

  1. alkali

Ancestry of “щёлочь”, 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

Words derived from “щёлочь”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -is →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ь →Every word from Russian -ь →