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Where does “žhnout” come from?

žhnout (Czech) comes from Old Czech žéci, from Proto-Slavic žeťi, from Proto-Slavic gegti, from Proto-Slavic degti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic degtéi, from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti — to burn, to be burning.

Ancestry of “žhnout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechžéci—
2Proto-Slavicžeťito burn; to heat up
3Proto-Slavicgegti—
4Proto-Slavicdegti—
5Proto-Balto-Slavicdegtéito burn
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰégʷʰetito burn, to be burning
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