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Where does “ležati” come from?

ležati (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

ležati (Proto-Slavic): to lie

Definitions

  1. to lie

Ancestry of “ležati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “ležati”

  • лежать
  • leżeć
  • ležati
  • лежати
  • ležet
  • nocleh
  • noclehárna
  • záležet
  • ležati
  • лежати
  • lažaś
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