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Where does “b(o)i(ʔ)-aʔ-” come from?

b(o)i(ʔ)-aʔ- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “b(o)i(ʔ)-aʔ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “b(o)i(ʔ)-aʔ-”

  • боязно
  • боязнь
  • boi
  • bojaźń
  • bać
  • bojazan
  • bojati
  • бојати
  • бојазан
  • bál
  • nebojácný
  • bojácný
  • nebojácnost
  • bát
  • bojaznь
  • bojati
  • bati
  • bojazen
  • боꙗзнь
  • боꙗти
  • bójaś
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