Where does “со́рок” come from?
со́рок (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic сорокъ, from Proto-Slavic *sorkъ.
со́рок (Russian): forty
Ancestry of “со́рок”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old East Slavic | сорокъ | a bunch of 40 sable pelts; a bunch of 40 sable... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *sorkъ | — |