Where does “rez” come from?

rez (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian režati, from Proto-Slavic rězati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European wreh₁ǵ- — to break, tear.

rez (Serbo-Croatian): cut; incision

Definitions

  1. cut; incision

Ancestry of “rez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianrežatito growl
2Proto-Slavicrězatito cut, to slice; to crop, to shear; to trim
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*rḗˀźteito cut
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₁ǵ-to break, tear

Words derived from “rez”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreh₁ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic rězati →