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Where does “отве́ргнуть” come from?

отве́ргнуть (Russian) comes from Russian отвергнуть, from Russian -ве́ргнуть, from Proto-Slavic vьrgnǫti, from Proto-Indo-European wergʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂werg- — to turn.

Ancestry of “отве́ргнуть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотвергнутьto reject, to repel, to repudiate, to scout , to...
2Russian-ве́ргнутьto throw
3Proto-Slavicvьrgnǫtito throw
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwergʷ-to cast
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂werg-to turn

Words derived from “отве́ргнуть”

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