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Where does “начи́стить” come from?

начи́стить (Russian) comes from Russian чи́стить, from Proto-Slavic čistiti, from Proto-Slavic čistъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skīstas, from Proto-Indo-European skidtos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keyd-.

Ancestry of “начи́стить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianчи́ститьto clean, to scour
2Proto-Slavicčistitito clean, purify
3Proto-Slavicčistъclean, pure
4Proto-Balto-Slavicskīstas—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskidtos—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)keyd-—

Words derived from “начи́стить”

  • начищать
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