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Where does “жаръ” come from?

жаръ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic žarъ, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer(m) — warm.

Ancestry of “жаръ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžarъglow, heat
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer(m)warm
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