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Where does “косну́ться” come from?

косну́ться (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic коснѫти, from Proto-Slavic kosnǫti — to touch?.

Ancestry of “косну́ться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicкоснѫтиto touch
2Proto-Slavickosnǫtito touch?

Words derived from “косну́ться”

  • прикоснуться
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