Old Novgorodian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic алеѯандръ / ⰰⰾⰵѯⰰⱀⰴⱃⱏ (aleksandrŭ), from Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος (Ăléxăndros).

Proper noun

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Олеѯандре (Oleksandrem[1]

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 770

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