Where does “обречь” come from?
обречь (Russian) comes from Russian -речь, from Old East Slavic речи, from Proto-Slavic reťi — to say.
обречь (Russian): to condemn, to doom
Ancestry of “обречь”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -речь | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | речи | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | reťi | to say |