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Where does “strajă” come from?

strajă (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian straža, from Proto-Slavic storža, from Proto-Slavic storgja.

strajă (Romanian): watch; watchman, guard; guard

Definitions

  1. watch; watchman, guard; guard

Ancestry of “strajă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianstražaguard, watch
2Proto-Slavicstorža—
3Proto-Slavicstorgja—

Words derived from “strajă”

  • străjer
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