Where does “класти” come from?
класти (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic klasti, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- — to beat; to break.
класти (Ukrainian): to put, to place, to lay
Ancestry of “класти”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | klasti | to put, lay |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂- | to put; to lay out |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₂- | to beat; to break |