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Where does “poplach” come from?

poplach (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic polšiti — to scare.

poplach (Czech): alarm

Definitions

  1. alarm

Ancestry of “poplach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpolšitito scare
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