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From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *obodriťь (“Obotrite”), from earlier *obъ Odrě (“on Oder”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Obotrite
Today it means: Member of a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany. Full definition →