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Where does “degti” come from?

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

Ancestry of “degti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicdegtéito burn
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰégʷʰetito burn, to be burning

Words derived from “degti”

  • пожечь
  • сжечь
  • жечь
  • разжечь
  • сожжение
  • жећи
  • žeći
  • жештина
  • жешти
  • žeťi
  • gegti
  • жещи
  • жечи
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti →