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Where does “вапно” come from?

вапно (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old East Slavic вапьно, from Proto-Slavic vapьno, from Proto-Slavic vapъ — dye.

вапно (Serbo-Croatian): lime

Definitions

  1. lime

Ancestry of “вапно”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicвапьно—
2Proto-Slavicvapьnolime
3Proto-Slavicvapъdye
Every word from Proto-Slavic vapъ →