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Where does “овощь” come from?

овощь (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic ovoťe, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks-.

овощь (Old Church Slavonic): fruit

Definitions

  1. fruit

Ancestry of “овощь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicovoťefruit; vegetable
2Proto-Indo-European*h₂weks-—

Words derived from “овощь”

  • овощ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- →