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Where does “чистити” come from?

чистити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic čistiti, from Proto-Slavic čistъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skīstas, from Proto-Indo-European skidtos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keyd-.

чистити (Serbo-Croatian): to clean

Definitions

  1. to clean

Ancestry of “чистити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčistitito clean, purify
2Proto-Slavicčistъclean, pure
3Proto-Balto-Slavicskīstas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskidtos—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)keyd-—

Words derived from “чистити”

  • очистити
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