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Where does “вѧзати” come from?

вѧзати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic vęzati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enǵʰ- — to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...

вѧзати (Old Church Slavonic): bind, tie

Definitions

  1. bind, tie

Ancestry of “вѧзати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvęzatito tie
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
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