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Where does “klaonica” come from?

klaonica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian klȁti, from Proto-Slavic kòlti — to stab, to sting; to sting.

klaonica (Serbo-Croatian): slaughterhouse

Definitions

  1. slaughterhouse

Ancestry of “klaonica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianklȁti—
2Proto-Slavickòltito stab, to sting; to sting
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