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Where does “pšeńca” come from?

pšeńca (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic pьšenica, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pšeńca (Upper Sorbian): wheat

Definitions

  1. wheat

Ancestry of “pšeńca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpьšenicawheat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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