Where does “malena” come from?

malena (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic malina, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂l- — black.

malena (Upper Sorbian): raspberry

Definitions

  1. raspberry

Ancestry of “malena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmalinaraspberry
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂l-black
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂l- →Every word from Proto-Slavic malina →
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