Where does “źěliś” come from?

źěliś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic děliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

źěliś (Lower Sorbian): to divide

Definitions

  1. to divide

Ancestry of “źěliś”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdělitito divide
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdoyl-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl- →Every word from Proto-Slavic děliti →