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Where does “жештина” come from?

жештина (Macedonian) comes 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.

жештина (Macedonian): heat

Definitions

  1. heat

Ancestry of “жештина”, step by step

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