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Where does “зачина́ть” come from?

зачина́ть (Russian) comes from Russian -чина́ть, from Proto-Slavic -čьn-.

Ancestry of “зачина́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-чина́ть—
2Proto-Slavic-čьn-—

Words derived from “зачина́ть”

  • зачинщик
Every word from Proto-Slavic -čьn- →