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Where does “говьно” come from?

говьно (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic govьno, from Proto-Indo-European g(ʷ)owH-.

говьно (Old East Slavic): excrement

Definitions

  1. excrement

Ancestry of “говьно”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgovьnoshit
2Proto-Indo-Europeang(ʷ)owH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European g(ʷ)owH- →