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Where does “woyh₁-o-s” come from?

woyh₁-o-s (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

Ancestry of “woyh₁-o-s”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “woyh₁-o-s”

  • Wojcik
  • voisko
  • воин
  • вой
  • войско
  • война
  • Wojtaś
  • wojsko
  • wojskowy
  • Wojciech
  • Wojciechowski
  • Wójcik
  • woj
  • Wojciechowska
  • wojna
  • војник
  • vojak
  • војска
  • vojna
  • војна
  • vojnik
  • vojska
  • войник
  • военен
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