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Where does “ꙗзꙑчьникъ” come from?

ꙗзꙑчьникъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Old East Slavic ꙗзꙑкъ, from Proto-Slavic (j)ęzykъ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

Ancestry of “ꙗзꙑчьникъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicꙗзꙑкъa tongue; a language, speech; nation, folk, tribe
2Proto-Slavic(j)ęzykъtongue, language
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “ꙗзꙑчьникъ”

  • язычество
  • язычник
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