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
Ancestry of “źěliś”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | děliti | to divide |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | doyl- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰayl- | part, watershed |