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Where does “перламутровый” come from?

перламутровый (Russian) comes from Russian -о́вый, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

перламутровый (Russian): mother-of-pearl; nacreous; pearly, pearlescent

Definitions

  1. mother-of-pearl; nacreous; pearly, pearlescent

Ancestry of “перламутровый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́вый—
2Old East Slavic-овъ—
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
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