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Where does “vadit” come from?

vadit (Czech) comes from Old Czech vaditi, from Proto-Slavic vaditi, from Proto-Indo-European (s)wod-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

vadit (Czech): to mind, with the subject and the object swapped;...

Definitions

  1. to mind, with the subject and the object swapped;...

Ancestry of “vadit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechvaditi—
2Proto-Slavicvaditito argue; to scold, to brawl; to take out
3Proto-Indo-European(s)wod-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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