Where does “постригати” come from?

постригати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic striťi, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

постригати (Old Church Slavonic): to haircut

Definitions

  1. to haircut

Ancestry of “постригати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicstriťito cut (hair, fleece, grass), to shear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European streyg- →Every word from Proto-Slavic striťi →