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Where does “ránkāˀ” come from?

ránkāˀ (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wrenk-, from Latvian wer- — to turn, to bend.

ránkāˀ (Proto-Balto-Slavic): hand, arm

Definitions

  1. hand, arm

Ancestry of “ránkāˀ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwrenk-to turn, twist, bend
2Latvianwer-to turn, to bend

Words derived from “ránkāˀ”

  • обруч
  • рука
  • rokasgrāmata
  • ierocis
  • roka
  • kodolierocis
  • rokraksts
  • Rękas
  • ręka
  • Renkas
  • obręcz
  • ręczny
  • rucelj
  • руцељ
  • ručnik
  • рукотворина
  • poruka
  • obruč
  • рукавица
  • rukotvorina
  • ručica
  • ruka
  • rukavica
  • обруч
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