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Where does “чудо” come from?

чудо (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic čudo, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

Ancestry of “чудо”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčudomiracle, wonder
2Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
3Proto-Slavicisk-je—
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