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Where does “колеба́ть” come from?

колеба́ть (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic колѣбати, from Proto-Slavic kolěbati.

Ancestry of “колеба́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicколѣбати—
2Proto-Slavickolěbati—

Words derived from “колеба́ть”

  • поколебать
  • заколебать
Every word from Proto-Slavic kolěbati →