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Where does “сузиться” come from?

сузиться (Russian) comes from Russian -ся, from Old East Slavic сѧ, from Proto-Slavic sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

сузиться (Russian): to narrow, to get/grow narrow, to taper; passive...

Definitions

  1. to narrow, to get/grow narrow, to taper; passive...

Ancestry of “сузиться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-сяReflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and...
2Old East Slavicсѧ—
3Proto-Slavicsęoneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*sen—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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