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Where does “бесмислен” come from?

бесмислен (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian смислен, from Serbo-Croatian сми̑сао, from Serbo-Croatian ми̑сао, from Proto-Slavic myslь, from Proto-Indo-European muHdʰ-.

бесмислен (Serbo-Croatian): senseless, reasonless, absurd

Definitions

  1. senseless, reasonless, absurd

Ancestry of “бесмислен”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianсмисленthought out, sensible
2Serbo-Croatianсми̑сао—
3Serbo-Croatianми̑сао—
4Proto-Slavicmyslьthought, idea
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanmuHdʰ-—

Words derived from “бесмислен”

  • бесмислено
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