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Where does “nochć” come from?

nochć (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic nogъtь, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

nochć (Upper Sorbian): fingernail

Definitions

  1. fingernail

Ancestry of “nochć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnogъtьnail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
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