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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rěšiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

The exact Proto Balto-Slavic form is contested. Vasmer adduces Lithuanian raišýti, Lithuanian rišti, Lithuanian ryšys, Latin rica as cognates. If so, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (to twist, bend).

Verb

*rěšiti

  1. to untie
  2. to solve

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: рѣшити (rěšiti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “решить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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