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Where does “rijezati” come from?

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

rijezati (Serbo-Croatian): to cut; to carve, engrave; to trim

Definitions

  1. to cut; to carve, engrave; to trim

Ancestry of “rijezati”, step by step

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