Where does “стража” come from?
стража (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic стража, from Proto-Slavic storža, from Proto-Slavic storgja.
Ancestry of “стража”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | стража | guard |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | storža | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | storgja | — |