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Where does “hněv” come from?

hněv (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic gněvъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

hněv (Czech): anger, wrath

Definitions

  1. anger, wrath

Ancestry of “hněv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgněvъanger, wrath
2Proto-Slavic-vъFrom thematic declension of u-stem...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*-was—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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