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Where does “вавилонский” come from?

вавилонский (Russian) comes from Russian -ский, from Old East Slavic -ьскъ.

вавилонский (Russian): Babylon; Babylonian

Definitions

  1. Babylon; Babylonian

Ancestry of “вавилонский”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-скийUsed to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes...
2Old East Slavic-ьскъ—
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