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Where does “rtěnka” come from?

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

rtěnka (Czech): lipstick

Definitions

  1. lipstick

Ancestry of “rtěnka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechretlip
2Old Czechret—
3Proto-Slavicrъtъbeak, tooth; cliff, hill
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