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Where does “пламен” come from?

пламен (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic polmy, from Proto-Indo-European polh₁-men-, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₁- — to fill.

пламен (Serbo-Croatian): flame, blaze, fire; passion; blazing, fiery

Definitions

  1. flame, blaze, fire; passion; blazing, fiery

Ancestry of “пламен”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpolmyflame
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpolh₁-men-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelh₁- →