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Where does “vrat” come from?

vrat (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic vortъ, from Proto-Slavic -ъ, from Proto-Indo-European -om, from Proto-Indo-European -o-.

vrat (Serbo-Croatian): neck

Definitions

  1. neck

Ancestry of “vrat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvortъneck
2Proto-Slavic-ъ*poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →...
3Proto-Indo-European-om—
4Proto-Indo-European-o-—

Words derived from “vrat”

  • kratkovrat
  • vratoloman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -o- →