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Where does “pȗst” come from?

pȗst (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pȗstъ — desolate; empty.

Ancestry of “pȗst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpȗstъdesolate; empty

Words derived from “pȗst”

  • pustinjak
  • pustinjaštvo
  • pustinjački
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