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Where does “skóńcowaś” come from?

skóńcowaś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian kóńc, from Proto-Slavic konьcь, from Proto-Slavic konъ, from Proto-Slavic čęti — to begin.

skóńcowaś (Lower Sorbian): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “skóńcowaś”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbiankóńcend
2Proto-Slavickonьcьend; thread, string
3Proto-Slavickonъbeginning; end
4Proto-Slavicčętito begin
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