Hi all,
Ok it does, but it isn't borrowed at all.
1) It is natural Slavic, as confirmed by Church Slavonic "vorog" which
is a natural cognate (cf. "boroda" vs. Serbo-Croatian "brada" beard).
2) Such a metathese isn't very natural in Russian - usually consonants
only swap (cf. German "Teller" vs. R. "tarelka" plate)
Pavel
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I think in Russian vrag means enemy.