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Where does “slon” come from?

slon (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic slonъ — elephant; offset, cornice; shed, shelter.

Ancestry of “slon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicslonъelephant; offset, cornice; shed, shelter
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