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Where does “toliti” come from?

toliti (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)telH- — to be silent, be still.

toliti (Proto-Slavic): to calm, to soothe

Definitions

  1. to calm, to soothe

Ancestry of “toliti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)telH-to be silent, be still

Words derived from “toliti”

  • przytulić
  • tulić
  • utoliti
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