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Where does “захотеть” come from?

захотеть (Russian) comes from Russian хоте́ть, from Old East Slavic хотѣти, from Proto-Slavic *xotěti.

захотеть (Russian): to begin to want, to begin to desire

Definitions

  1. to begin to want, to begin to desire

Ancestry of “захотеть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianхоте́тьto want
2Old East Slavicхотѣти—
3Proto-Slavic*xotěti—
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