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Where does “słup” come from?

słup (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic stъlbъ, from Proto-Indo-European stl̥b-.

słup (Lower Sorbian): column, pillar

Definitions

  1. column, pillar

Ancestry of “słup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstъlbъpost, pillar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstl̥b-—
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