Where does “žiti” come from?

žiti (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

žiti (Proto-Slavic): to live

Definitions

  1. to live

Ancestry of “žiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “žiti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti →
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