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Where does “запу́тать” come from?

запу́тать (Russian) comes from Russian за́-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.

Ancestry of “запу́тать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianза́-—
2Proto-Slavicza-for

Words derived from “запу́тать”

  • запутаться
  • запутывать
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