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Where does “žrát” come from?

žrát (Czech) comes from Old Czech žráti, from Proto-Slavic žьrati, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

žrát (Czech): to eat; to guzzle; to be overzealous

Definitions

  1. to eat; to guzzle; to be overzealous

Ancestry of “žrát”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechžráti—
2Proto-Slavicžьrati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

Words derived from “žrát”

  • žrádlo
  • lidožrout
  • hmyzožravý
  • hmyzožravec
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- →