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Where does “товариш” come from?

товариш (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian това́рищ, from Old East Slavic товарищь, from Proto-Slavic tovarišь, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar.

товариш (Serbo-Croatian): comrade

Definitions

  1. comrade

Ancestry of “товариш”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтова́рищcomrade
2Old East Slavicтоварищь—
3Proto-Slavictovarišь—
4Proto-Slavictovarъloading
5Proto-Turkic*tabar—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tabar →