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Where does “оно” come from?

оно (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ono, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en — there.

оно (Serbo-Croatian): it

Definitions

  1. it

Ancestry of “оно”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviconoit, that; neuter of *onъ; neuter of *onъ
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enthere
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