Where does “reč” come from?

reč (Slovak) comes from Proto-Slavic rěčь, from Proto-Slavic rěk-, from Proto-Slavic -ь, from Proto-Indo-European -is — Forms nouns from verbs.

reč (Slovak): speech; language; discourse

Definitions

  1. speech; language; discourse

Ancestry of “reč”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicrěčьspeech
2Proto-Slavicrěk-—
3Proto-Slavic-ьForms nouns; From adjectives; From participles
4Proto-Indo-European-isForms nouns from verbs

Words derived from “reč”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -is →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ь →Every word from Proto-Slavic rěk- →
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