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Where does “kleja” come from?

kleja (Ingrian) comes from Russian клей, from Proto-Slavic *klějь.

Ancestry of “kleja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianклейglue; second-person singular imperative...
2Proto-Slavic*klějь—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *klějь →