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Where does “ochránkyně” come from?

ochránkyně (Czech) comes from Czech ochránit, from Czech o-, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

ochránkyně (Czech): female protector

Definitions

  1. female protector

Ancestry of “ochránkyně”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechochránitto protect
2Czecho-around, all around; A complete action, a...
3Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
4Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
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