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Where does “žeťi” come from?

žeťi (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic gegti, from Proto-Slavic degti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic degtéi, from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti — to burn, to be burning.

žeťi (Proto-Slavic): to burn; to heat up

Definitions

  1. to burn; to heat up

Ancestry of “žeťi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgegti—
2Proto-Slavicdegti—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicdegtéito burn
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰégʷʰetito burn, to be burning

Words derived from “žeťi”

  • пожечь
  • сжечь
  • жечь
  • разжечь
  • сожжение
  • жећи
  • žeći
  • жештина
  • жешти
  • жещи
  • жечи
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