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Where does “привѣтъ” come from?

привѣтъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Old Church Slavonic привѣтъ, from Proto-Slavic privětъ.

привѣтъ (Old East Slavic): greeting; appeal; dictum, word; intention, will;...

Definitions

  1. greeting; appeal; dictum, word; intention, will;...

Ancestry of “привѣтъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпривѣтъintention
2Proto-Slavicprivětъ—

Words derived from “привѣтъ”

  • привет
Every word from Proto-Slavic privětъ →