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Where does “pomoc” come from?

pomoc (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic pomoťь, from Proto-Slavic moťь, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-.

Ancestry of “pomoc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpomoťьhelp
2Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
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