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Where does “мѫчити” come from?

мѫчити (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic mǫčiti — to torture, to torment.

мѫчити (Old Church Slavonic): to torture

Definitions

  1. to torture

Ancestry of “мѫчити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmǫčitito torture, to torment

Words derived from “мѫчити”

  • мѫчитель
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