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Where does “коляно” come from?

коляно (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic колѣно, from Proto-Slavic kolěno, from Proto-Indo-European kelH- — to rise, to be tall; hill.

коляно (Bulgarian): knee; origin, birth, race, sort, kind, stock,...

Definitions

  1. knee; origin, birth, race, sort, kind, stock,...

Ancestry of “коляно”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicколѣноknee; generation
2Proto-Slavickolěnoknee
3Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill
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