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Where does “tjelohranitelj” come from?

tjelohranitelj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian tijelo, from Proto-Slavic *tě̑lo.

tjelohranitelj (Serbo-Croatian): bodyguard

Definitions

  1. bodyguard

Ancestry of “tjelohranitelj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantijelobody
2Proto-Slavic*tě̑lo—
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