Where does “отвле́чь” come from?

отвле́чь (Russian) comes from Russian влечь, from Old Church Slavonic влѣщи, from Proto-Slavic velťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic welk-.

отвле́чь (Russian): to distract, to divert

Definitions

  1. to distract, to divert

Ancestry of “отвле́чь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвлечьto attract, to draw, to pull, to haul; to entail,...
2Old Church Slavonicвлѣщиto drag
3Proto-Slavicvelťito drag
4Proto-Balto-Slavicwelk-—

Words derived from “отвле́чь”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic welk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic velťi →Every word from Old Church Slavonic влѣщи →