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Where does “Ипр” come from?

Ипр (Russian) comes from French Ypres, from Dutch iep — An elm, tree of the genus "Ulmus".

Ancestry of “Ипр”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchYpres—
2DutchiepAn elm, tree of the genus "Ulmus"
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