Where does “дѣти” come from?

дѣти (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic děti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

дѣти (Old Church Slavonic): children; to do; to put, place

Definitions

  1. children; to do; to put, place

Ancestry of “дѣти”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdětito do; to put, to place; to thread, to pass...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdḗˀteito put, to place; to do
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “дѣти”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dḗˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic děti →