Where does “дзеці” come from?

дзеці (Belarusian) comes from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “дзеці”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic děti →