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Where does “wjesć” come from?

wjesć (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic vestì, from Proto-Balto-Slavic westéi, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

wjesć (Upper Sorbian): to lead

Definitions

  1. to lead

Ancestry of “wjesć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvestì—
2Proto-Balto-Slavicwestéito lead
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...
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