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Where does “умыть” come from?

умыть (Russian) comes from Russian мыть, from Proto-Slavic myti, from Proto-Indo-European muH-.

Ancestry of “умыть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмытьto wash
2Proto-Slavicmytito wash
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmuH-—

Words derived from “умыть”

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