Where does “терен” come from?

терен (Ukrainian) comes from French terrain, from Old French terrain, from Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

терен (Ukrainian): sloe, blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

Definitions

  1. sloe, blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

Ancestry of “терен”, step by step

терен traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French terrain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterrainground, landscape; field; lot, plot, parcel
2Old Frenchterrain
3Vulgar Latinterranum
4Latinterrenumnominative neuter singular of terrēnus;...
5LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Proto-Slavic tьrnъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictьrnъthorn; blackthorn, sloe-tree
2Proto-Balto-Slavictirnasthorn
3Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥nóssharp, stiff
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-