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Where does “rȗb” come from?

rȗb (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic rǫbъ, from Proto-Slavic rǫbati — to cut, chop.

Ancestry of “rȗb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicrǫbъ
2Proto-Slavicrǫbatito cut, chop

Words derived from “rȗb”

  • rubnjak
  • rubnik
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