Where does “ясень” come from?
ясень (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic àsenь, from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃s- — ash tree.
ясень (Russian): ash
Ancestry of “ясень”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | àsenь | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | Heh₃s- | ash tree |