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Where does “hrdina” come from?

hrdina (Czech) comes from Old Czech hrdina, from Old Czech -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...

hrdina (Czech): hero

Definitions

  1. hero

Ancestry of “hrdina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechhrdina—
2Old Czech-ina—
3Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Words derived from “hrdina”

  • antihrdina
  • hrdinka
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