Where does “дъждити” come from?

дъждити (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic дъждь, from Proto-Slavic dъždžь, from Proto-Indo-European dus-dyu- — bad sky.

дъждити (Old Church Slavonic): to rain

Definitions

  1. to rain

Ancestry of “дъждити”, step by step

дъждити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic дъждь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicдъждьrain
2Proto-Slavicdъždžьrain
3Proto-Indo-Europeandus-dyu-bad sky

via Proto-Slavic *dъždžiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*dъždžitito rain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dus-dyu- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dъždžь →Every word from Old Church Slavonic дъждь →