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Where does “трѣзвъ” come from?

трѣзвъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic terzvъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

трѣзвъ (Old Church Slavonic): sober

Definitions

  1. sober

Ancestry of “трѣзвъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicterzvъsober
2Proto-Slavic-vъFrom thematic declension of u-stem...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*-was—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “трѣзвъ”

  • трезвый
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →