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Where does “dławić” come from?

dławić (Polish) comes from Old Polish dawić, from Proto-Slavic dāvìti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- — to die, pass away; to run, flow.

dławić (Polish): to stifle, to quell, to smother, to throttle, to...

Definitions

  1. to stifle, to quell, to smother, to throttle, to...

Ancestry of “dławić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishdawić—
2Proto-Slavicdāvìti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰew-to die, pass away; to run, flow
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