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Where does “краснорјечив” come from?

краснорјечив (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ријеч, from Proto-Slavic rěčь, from Proto-Slavic rěk-, from Proto-Slavic -ь, from Proto-Indo-European -is — Forms nouns from verbs.

краснорјечив (Serbo-Croatian): eloquent

Definitions

  1. eloquent

Ancestry of “краснорјечив”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianријечword
2Proto-Slavicrěčьspeech
3Proto-Slavicrěk-—
4Proto-Slavic-ьForms nouns; From adjectives; From participles
5Proto-Indo-European-isForms nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -is →