Where does “обет” come from?
обет (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic вѣтъ, from Proto-Slavic větъ, from Proto-Indo-European weyt-, from Proto-Indo-European wéy-, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
обет (Russian): vow, promise; pledge
Ancestry of “обет”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | вѣтъ | agreement |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | větъ | talk, agreement |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyt- | that which winds or bends, branch, switch;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |