Where does “отвергнуть” come from?
отвергнуть (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 “отвергнуть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | отвергнуть | to reject, to repel, to repudiate, to scout , to... |
| 2 | Russian | -ве́ргнуть | to throw |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vьrgnǫti | to throw |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wergʷ- | to cast |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂werg- | to turn |
Words derived from “отвергнуть”