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Where does “загиба́ть” come from?

загиба́ть (Russian) comes from Russian -гиба́ть, from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.

Ancestry of “загиба́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-гиба́тьto bend
2Russian-каnow, just
3Proto-Slavic-ьka—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ikaʔ—
5Proto-Indo-European-ikeh₂—

Words derived from “загиба́ть”

  • загибаться
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂ →