Where does “ям” come from?

ям (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти, from Proto-Slavic ěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

ям (Bulgarian): to eat, to consume; to cause someone to worry, to...

Definitions

  1. to eat, to consume; to cause someone to worry, to...

Ancestry of “ям”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicꙗстиto eat
2Proto-Slavicěstito eat
3Proto-Balto-Slavicēˀsteito eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “ям”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēˀstei →