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Where does “posel” come from?

posel (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic posъlъ, from Proto-Slavic sъlъ — messenger.

Ancestry of “posel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicposъlъenvoy, messenger; task, assignment
2Proto-Slavicsъlъmessenger
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