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Where does “жеребёнок” come from?

жеребёнок (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic žerbę, from Proto-Indo-European gʷrebʰ- — young animal.

жеребёнок (Russian): foal, colt

Definitions

  1. foal, colt

Ancestry of “жеребёнок”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžerbęfoal
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷrebʰ-young animal
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