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Where does “уцепить” come from?

уцепить (Russian) comes from Russian у, from Old East Slavic у, from Proto-Slavic u, from Proto-Balto-Slavic au, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.

Ancestry of “уцепить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianуThe Cyrillic letter У , у; Wu; at, by, near
2Old East Slavicуat
3Proto-Slavicuat, near, by
4Proto-Balto-Slavicau—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—

Words derived from “уцепить”

  • уцепиться
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