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Where does “ret” come from?

ret (Czech) comes from Old Czech ret, from Proto-Slavic rъtъ — beak, tooth; cliff, hill.

ret (Czech): lip

Definitions

  1. lip

Ancestry of “ret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechret—
2Proto-Slavicrъtъbeak, tooth; cliff, hill

Words derived from “ret”

  • rtěnka
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