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Racova

Racova comes from Romanian Racova, and goes back to Old Church Slavonic ракъ ‘crayfish’.

  1. Old Church Slavonicmodernракъ‘crayfish’
  2. Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernРакова
  3. Romanianc. 1500–presentRacova
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Church Slavonicmodernракъ‘crayfish’
  2. Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernРакова
  3. Romanianc. 1500–presentRacova
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A commune of Bacău County, Romania.

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

Etymograph / Old Church Slavonic ракъ / Racova