Where does “дѣть” come from?

дѣть (Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic dětь, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

дѣть (Church Slavonic): children

Definitions

  1. children

Ancestry of “дѣть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdětьchild
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dětь →