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Where does “-гради́ть” come from?

-гради́ть (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic градити, from Proto-Slavic gorditi, from Proto-Slavic gȏrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gardas, from Proto-Indo-European gʰerdʰ- — to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt.

Ancestry of “-гради́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicградитиto fence, to enclose; to build
2Proto-Slavicgorditito fence, to enclose; to build
3Proto-Slavicgȏrdъfortified settlement
4Proto-Balto-Slavicgardasenclosure
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰerdʰ-to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt

Words derived from “-гради́ть”

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