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Holboca

Holboca comes from Romanian Holboca, from Ukrainian глибокий ‘deep’, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic *glǫbokъ.

Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*glǫbokъ‘deep’reconstructed
Ukrainianmodernглибокийhlybokyj‘deep’
Ukrainian, derivedmodernглубока
Romanianc. 1500–presentHolboca
Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*glǫbokъ‘deep’reconstructed
Ukrainianmodernглибокийhlybokyj‘deep’
Ukrainian, derivedmodernглубока
Romanianc. 1500–presentHolboca
Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- ‘to split’

clive, cleft, clapper, clove, cleave, glyph, cleve, 12 more

Today it means

name A commune of Iași County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *glǫbokъ / Holboca

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