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Where does “фригати” come from?

фригати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian friggere, from Latin frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

фригати (Serbo-Croatian): to fry, roast, grill

Definitions

  1. to fry, roast, grill

Ancestry of “фригати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfriggereto fry; to sizzle
2Latinfrīgō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
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