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Where does “приꙗтель” come from?

приꙗтель (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic prijateľь, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.

приꙗтель (Old Church Slavonic): friend

Definitions

  1. friend

Ancestry of “приꙗтель”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicprijateľьfriend
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpreyH-to love, to please
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