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Where does “(j)ęzykъ” come from?

(j)ęzykъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

(j)ęzykъ (Proto-Slavic): tongue, language

Definitions

  1. tongue, language

Ancestry of “(j)ęzykъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “(j)ęzykъ”

  • язычество
  • язычник
  • језик
  • језикословље
  • језикозналац
  • jazik
  • език
  • jezik
  • ѩзꙑкъ
  • ꙗзꙑкъ
  • ꙗзꙑчьникъ
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