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Where does “ломи́ть” come from?

ломи́ть (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic lomiti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

ломи́ть (Russian): to break

Definitions

  1. to break

Ancestry of “ломи́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclomitito break
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

Words derived from “ломи́ть”

  • ломиться
  • сломить
  • переломить
  • проломить
  • обломить
  • преломить
  • выломить
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