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Where does “brzojav” come from?

brzojav (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bȓz, from Proto-Slavic bъrzъ — fast, swift.

brzojav (Serbo-Croatian): telegram

Definitions

  1. telegram

Ancestry of “brzojav”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbȓz—
2Proto-Slavicbъrzъfast, swift
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