Where does “šiti” come from?

šiti (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic sjūtei, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

šiti (Proto-Slavic): to sew

Definitions

  1. to sew

Ancestry of “šiti”, step by step

šiti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic sjūtei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicsjūtei—
2Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew

via Proto-Indo-European syew-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansyew-—

via Proto-Balto-Slavic sjū́ˀtei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicsjū́ˀteito sew

Words derived from “šiti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sjūtei →