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Where does “lèžati” come from?

lèžati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ležati, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

lèžati (Serbo-Croatian): to lie, recline; to be situated, be located

Definitions

  1. to lie, recline; to be situated, be located

Ancestry of “lèžati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicležatito lie
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
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