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Where does “bȍlēst” come from?

bȍlēst (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bȏl, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

Ancestry of “bȍlēst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbȏl—
2Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—

Words derived from “bȍlēst”

  • bolesnički
  • bolesnica
  • bolešljivost
  • bolešljiv
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