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Where does “многоязычный” come from?

многоязычный (Russian) comes from Russian язы́чный, from Russian язы́к, from Old East Slavic ѧзꙑкъ, from Proto-Slavic ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic inźūˀ-kas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀs, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dinźūˀs, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

многоязычный (Russian): polyglot, polylingual, multilingual

Definitions

  1. polyglot, polylingual, multilingual

Ancestry of “многоязычный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianязы́чный—
2Russianязы́кtongue; language
3Old East Slavicѧзꙑкъ—
4Proto-Slavicęzykъtongue; language
5Proto-Balto-Slavicinźūˀ-kas—
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*inźūˀs—
7Proto-Balto-Slavic*dinźūˀs—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →