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Where does “błona” come from?

błona (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic bolna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic balˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

błona (Polish): membrane; film

Definitions

  1. membrane; film

Ancestry of “błona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbolnamembrane; fadedness
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbalˀnaswhite, bright
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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