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Where does “vyžehlit” come from?

vyžehlit (Czech) comes from Czech žehlit, from Czech -it, from Old Czech -íti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

vyžehlit (Czech): to iron; to iron out

Definitions

  1. to iron; to iron out

Ancestry of “vyžehlit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechžehlitto iron
2Czech-itforms the infinitive of the 3rd class verbs; from...
3Old Czech-íti—
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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