Where does “лежати” come from?
лежати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic ležati, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
лежати (Old Church Slavonic): lie , recline
Ancestry of “лежати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | ležati | to lie |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |