Where does “гнити” come from?

гнити (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic gňiti, from Proto-Indo-European gʰneyH-.

гнити (Old Church Slavonic): to putrefy

Definitions

  1. to putrefy

Ancestry of “гнити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgňitito rot
2Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰneyH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰneyH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic gňiti →