Where does “ještě” come from?

ještě (Czech) comes from Old Czech ješče, from Proto-Slavic (j)ešče, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁).

ještě (Czech): still

Definitions

  1. still

Ancestry of “ještě”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechješčeyet, still
2Proto-Slavic(j)eščestill, yet
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁)—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁) →Every word from Proto-Slavic (j)ešče →Every word from Old Czech ješče →