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Where does “rubnjak” come from?

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

rubnjak (Serbo-Croatian): curb

Definitions

  1. curb

Ancestry of “rubnjak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianrȗb—
2Proto-Slavicrǫbъ
3Proto-Slavicrǫbatito cut, chop
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