Where does “ретѧзь” come from?

ретѧзь (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic retędzь, from Proto-Germanic rakentǭ, from Proto-Indo-European reǵ- — to bind; straight, direct; straight, right.

Ancestry of “ретѧзь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicretędzьchain
2Proto-Germanicrakentǭfetter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanreǵ-to bind; straight, direct; straight, right
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rakentǭ →Every word from Proto-Slavic retędzь →