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Where does “бесѣда” come from?

бесѣда (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic besěda, from Proto-Slavic bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.

бесѣда (Old Church Slavonic): conversation; word; language

Definitions

  1. conversation; word; language

Ancestry of “бесѣда”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbesědasitting outdoors; an outdoor gathering;...
2Proto-Slavicbezwithout
3Proto-Indo-European*bʰeǵʰs—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs →