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Where does “dłoń” come from?

dłoń (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic dolnь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dalˀnas.

Ancestry of “dłoń”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdolnьpalm of the hand
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdalˀnas—
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