Where does “еще” come from?

еще (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic (j)ešče, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁).

еще (Old Church Slavonic): yet, still

Definitions

  1. yet, still

Ancestry of “еще”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic(j)eščestill, yet
2Proto-Indo-European*h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁)—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁) →Every word from Proto-Slavic (j)ešče →
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