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Where does “отрокъ” come from?

отрокъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic otrokъ, from Proto-Slavic rokъ, from Proto-Slavic reťi — to say.

отрокъ (Old Church Slavonic): child; boy; servant

Definitions

  1. child; boy; servant

Ancestry of “отрокъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicotrokъchild, offspring; servant
2Proto-Slavicrokъtime, term; year
3Proto-Slavicreťito say
Every word from Proto-Slavic reťi →