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Where does “obrezati” come from?

obrezati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian rezati, from Proto-Slavic rězati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European wreh₁ǵ-.

obrezati (Serbo-Croatian): to cut; to trim; to circumcise

Definitions

  1. to cut; to trim; to circumcise

Ancestry of “obrezati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianrezatito cut; to carve, engrave; to trim
2Proto-Slavicrězatito cut, to slice; to crop, to shear; to trim
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*rḗˀźtei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₁ǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreh₁ǵ- →