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Where does “jebati” come from?

jebati (Old Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic *jetì, from Proto-Balto-Slavic jebtei, from Proto-Indo-European h₃yébʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃yebʰ- — to copulate, have sex.

Ancestry of “jebati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*jetì—
2Proto-Balto-Slavicjebteito copulate, fuck
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃yébʰetito copulate, to fuck
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃yebʰ-to copulate, have sex
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