Where does “žráti” come from?
žráti (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic žьrati, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.
Ancestry of “žráti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | žьrati | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerh₃- | to swallow, devour, eat |