Where does “утренник” come from?
утренник (Russian) comes from Russian утренний, from Russian у́тро, from Proto-Slavic (j)utro — dawn; morning, dawn.
утренник (Russian): matinee; predawn frost
Ancestry of “утренник”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | утренний | morning-, of the morning |
| 2 | Russian | у́тро | morning |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | (j)utro | dawn; morning, dawn |