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Where does “skręcić” come from?

skręcić (Polish) comes from Polish kręcić, from Proto-Slavic krǫtiti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱrot(H)-.

Ancestry of “skręcić”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkręcićto twist; to twirl, spin, turn; to prevaricate
2Proto-Slavickrǫtitito turn, to twist, to twirl
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱrot(H)-—
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