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Where does “дозволять” come from?

дозволять (Russian) comes from Russian дозво́лить, from Polish dozwolić, from Polish zwolić, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

дозволять (Russian): to permit, to allow, to authorize

Definitions

  1. to permit, to allow, to authorize

Ancestry of “дозволять”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдозво́лить—
2Polishdozwolićto allow, to permit, to consent to
3Polishzwolić—
4Polish-nik-er
5Old Polish-nik—
6Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
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