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Where does “-речь” come from?

-речь (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic речи, from Proto-Slavic reťi — to say.

Ancestry of “-речь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicречи—
2Proto-Slavicreťito say

Words derived from “-речь”

  • предрекать
  • предречь
  • наречь
  • пререкаемый
  • изречь
  • изрекать
  • зарекать
  • заречь
  • обречь
  • пререкаться
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