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Where does “трепетать” come from?

трепетать (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic трепетати, from Proto-Slavic *trepetati.

Ancestry of “трепетать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicтрепетати—
2Proto-Slavic*trepetati—

Words derived from “трепетать”

  • затрепетать
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