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Where does “Okhrana” come from?

Okhrana (English) comes from Russian охра́на, from Polish ochrona, from Proto-Slavic *o(b)xorna.

Ancestry of “Okhrana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianохра́наguard
2Polishochrona—
3Proto-Slavic*o(b)xorna—
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