Where does “отвлечение” come from?

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

отвлечение (Russian): distraction

Definitions

  1. distraction

Ancestry of “отвлечение”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотвле́чьto distract, to divert
2Russianвлечьto attract, to draw, to pull, to haul; to entail,...
3Old Church Slavonicвлѣщиto drag
4Proto-Slavicvelťito drag
5Proto-Balto-Slavicwelk-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic welk- →Every word from Proto-Slavic velťi →Every word from Old Church Slavonic влѣщи →