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Where does “putregai” come from?

putregai (Romanian) comes from Romanian mucegai, from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei — to go.

putregai (Romanian): rottenness; rotten thing; rot

Definitions

  1. rottenness; rotten thing; rot

Ancestry of “putregai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmucegaimold, mildew; moldiness, mustiness
2Romanianiand
3Old Church Slavonicиand; him
4Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
5Proto-Balto-Slaviciś—
6Old Polishićto go
7Proto-Slavicjьtito go
8Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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