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Where does “*žę̄dàti” come from?

*žę̄dàti (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic gend-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- — to request, pray, ask for.

Ancestry of “*žę̄dàti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicgend-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰedʰ-to request, pray, ask for
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