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Where does “proch” come from?

proch (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic porxъ, from Proto-Indo-European pers- — to sprinkle, to spatter.

proch (Lower Sorbian): dust

Definitions

  1. dust

Ancestry of “proch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicporxъdust
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpers-to sprinkle, to spatter
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