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Where does “dobro” come from?

dobro (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian dȍbar, from Old Irish dó, from Proto-Celtic *dū, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Ancestry of “dobro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandȍbargood
2Old Irishdóthird-person singular masculine and neuter of do;...
3Proto-Celtic*dū—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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