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Where does “caznă” come from?

caznă (Romanian) comes from Russian казнь, from Proto-Slavic kaznь — punishment.

caznă (Romanian): torture, anguish, torment; hard labor, toil,...

Definitions

  1. torture, anguish, torment; hard labor, toil,...

Ancestry of “caznă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianказньexecution, torture, punishment
2Proto-Slavickaznьpunishment
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