Where does “ре́жа” come from?

ре́жа (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic рѣзати, from Proto-Slavic rězati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European wreh₁ǵ- — to break, tear.

ре́жа (Bulgarian): to cut, to slice to divide or separate something with a knife, blade, or sharp tool

Definitions

  1. to cut, to slice to divide or separate something with a knife, blade, or sharp tool

Ancestry of “ре́жа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicрѣзатиto cut
2Proto-Slavicrězatito cut, to slice; to crop, to shear; to trim
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*rḗˀźteito cut
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₁ǵ-to break, tear

Words derived from “ре́жа”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreh₁ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic rězati →