Where does “развле́чь” come from?

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

Ancestry of “развле́чь”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	влечь	to attract, to draw, to pull, to haul; to entail,...
2	Old Church Slavonic	влѣщи	to drag
3	Proto-Slavic	velťi	to drag
4	Proto-Balto-Slavic	welk-	—

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