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Where does “ēs-ti” come from?

ēs-ti (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

Ancestry of “ēs-ti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “ēs-ti”

  • еда
  • ēšana
  • ēdienkarte
  • ēst
  • ēdiens
  • (j)ěsti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →