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Where does “*aśtṓ” come from?

*aśtṓ (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

Ancestry of “*aśtṓ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
2Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
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