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Where does “sìrot” come from?

sìrot (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sirъ, from Proto-Indo-European śeiros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱei-ro-.

sìrot (Serbo-Croatian): orphaned, poor

Definitions

  1. orphaned, poor

Ancestry of “sìrot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsirъorphaned
2Proto-Indo-Europeanśeiros—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱei-ro-—

Words derived from “sìrot”

  • sirota
  • siromah
  • sirotan
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