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Where does “клевета́ть” come from?

клевета́ть (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic клеветати, from Proto-Slavic *klevetati.

Ancestry of “клевета́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicклеветати—
2Proto-Slavic*klevetati—

Words derived from “клевета́ть”

  • клеветник
  • клеветнический
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