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Where does “стройи” come from?

стройи (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

Ancestry of “стройи”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
2Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “стройи”

  • стройка
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