Where does “обѣщать” come from?
обѣщать (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic oběťati, from Proto-Slavic věťati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic waitjāˀtei.
Ancestry of “обѣщать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | oběťati | to promise, to pledge |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | věťati | to say, to make a claim, to converse |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | waitjāˀtei | — |
Words derived from “обѣщать”