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Where does “трьти” come from?

трьти (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

трьти (Old Church Slavonic): to rub, to wipe, to scrape

Definitions

  1. to rub, to wipe, to scrape

Ancestry of “трьти”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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