Where does “žít” come from?
žít (Czech) comes from Old Czech žíti, from Proto-Slavic žiti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
žít (Czech): to live
Ancestry of “žít”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Czech | žíti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | žiti | to live |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |