Where does “горькъ” come from?
горькъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic gorьkъ, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.
горькъ (Old Church Slavonic): bitter
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