Where does “ёлка” come from?

ёлка (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic *ȅdlъka, from Proto-Indo-European h₁edʰlos.

ёлка (Russian): spruce, spruce tree

Definitions

  1. spruce, spruce tree

Ancestry of “ёлка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*ȅdlъkaspruce, fir
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁edʰlos—

Words derived from “ёлка”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁edʰlos →Every word from Proto-Slavic *ȅdlъka →
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