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Where does “ċēas” come from?

ċēas (Old English) comes from Old Church Slavonic часъ, from Proto-Slavic časъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic keʔs-, from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s-.

ċēas (Old English): strife, quarrel, quarrelling, contention,...

Definitions

  1. strife, quarrel, quarrelling, contention,...

Ancestry of “ċēas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicчасъtime; moment; hour
2Proto-Slavicčasъtime
3Proto-Balto-Slavickeʔs-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeank(ʷ)eh₁s-—

Words derived from “ċēas”

  • cheste
  • cheaste
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