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Where does “зазеваться” come from?

зазеваться (Russian) comes from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

зазеваться (Russian): to be inattentive, to be absent-minded; to gape,...

Definitions

  1. to be inattentive, to be absent-minded; to gape,...

Ancestry of “зазеваться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-сяReflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and...
2Old East Slavicсѧ—
3Proto-Slavicsęoneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*sen—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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