Where does “dwigac” come from?

dwigac (Kashubian) comes from Proto-Slavic dvigati, from Proto-Slavic d(ъ)vigъ, from Proto-Slavic d(ъ)va — 2.

dwigac (Kashubian): to lift

Definitions

  1. to lift

Ancestry of “dwigac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdvigatito raise, lift, move up
2Proto-Slavicd(ъ)vigъbranching, buttress serving as lever
3Proto-Slavicd(ъ)va2
Every word from Proto-Slavic d(ъ)va →Every word from Proto-Slavic d(ъ)vigъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic dvigati →
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