Etymology

baranka

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Today it means: A traditional Russian dough ring, somewhat smaller than a bublik, but also thinner and drier. Full definition →

Russian бара́нка (baránka) ← Proto-Slavic *varìti ← Proto-Balto-Slavic *wārīˀtei
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ebʰi
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavic*ab
  3. Proto-Slavic*o(b)
  4. Russianоб- (ob-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wōr-
  6. Proto-Balto-Slavic*wārīˀtei
  7. Proto-Slavic*varìti
  8. Russianвари́ть (varítʹ)
  9. Russianобвари́ть (obvarítʹ)
  10. Russianбара́нка (baránka)
  11. English todaybaranka

Borrowed from Russian бара́нка (baránka).

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