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Where does “opsat” come from?

opsat (Czech) comes from Czech psát, from Old Czech psáti, from Proto-Slavic pьsati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

opsat (Czech): to circumscribe

Definitions

  1. to circumscribe

Ancestry of “opsat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechpsátto write
2Old Czechpsáti—
3Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
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