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Where does “шеренга” come from?

шеренга (Russian) comes from Polish szereg, from Hungarian sereg — army; flock, crowd, multitude; flock.

шеренга (Russian): rank, row

Definitions

  1. rank, row

Ancestry of “шеренга”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishszeregseries, row; multitude; line
2Hungarianseregarmy; flock, crowd, multitude; flock
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