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Where does “жрѣбѧ” come from?

жрѣбѧ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic žerbę, from Proto-Indo-European gʷrebʰ- — young animal.

жрѣбѧ (Old Church Slavonic): foal

Definitions

  1. foal

Ancestry of “жрѣбѧ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžerbęfoal
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷrebʰ-young animal
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