Where does “błóto” come from?

błóto (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic bolto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic balta.

błóto (Upper Sorbian): mud, dirt

Definitions

  1. mud, dirt

Ancestry of “błóto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicboltoswamp; mud
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbalta
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic baltaEvery word from Proto-Slavic bolto
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