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Where does “Осе́тия” come from?

Осе́тия (Russian) comes from Georgian ოსეთი, from Georgian ოსი, from Old Georgian ოვსი — Ossetian.

Ancestry of “Осе́тия”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GeorgianოსეთიOssetia
2GeorgianოსიOssetian
3Old GeorgianოვსიOssetian

Words derived from “Осе́тия”

  • Ossetia
  • Ossetian
  • осетин
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