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Where does “нога” come from?

нога (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic nogà, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

Ancestry of “нога”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnogà—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
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