Where does “по́піл” come from?

по́піл (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic pepelъ, from Proto-Indo-European pepelh₁-o-.

Ancestry of “по́піл”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Slavic	pepelъ	ash, ashes
2	Proto-Indo-European	pepelh₁-o-	—

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