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Where does “лишити” come from?

лишити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic lišiti, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

лишити (Serbo-Croatian): to deprive; to free, rid

Definitions

  1. to deprive; to free, rid

Ancestry of “лишити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclišitito deprive of
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
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