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Where does “клѣщѧ” come from?

клѣщѧ (Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic klěšča — claw, pincer.

Ancestry of “клѣщѧ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicklěščaclaw, pincer
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