Where does “žéci” come from?

žéci (Old Czech) 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.

žéci (Old Czech): to burn

Definitions

  1. to burn

Ancestry of “žéci”, 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

Words derived from “žéci”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic degtéi →Every word from Proto-Slavic degti →