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Where does “hovno” come from?

hovno (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic govьno, from Proto-Indo-European g(ʷ)owH-.

hovno (Czech): shit, turd; nothing

Definitions

  1. shit, turd; nothing

Ancestry of “hovno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgovьnoshit
2Proto-Indo-Europeang(ʷ)owH-—
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