Where does “jertfi” come from?

jertfi (Romanian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

jertfi (Romanian): to sacrifice

Definitions

  1. to sacrifice

Ancestry of “jertfi”, step by step

jertfi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiand
2Old Church Slavonicиand; him
3Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
5Old Polishićto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Romanian jertfă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianjertfăsacrifice; oblation, offering; victim
2Old Church Slavonicжрьтваsacrifice
3Proto-Slavicžьrtvasacrifice
4Proto-Slavic-tvaDeverbative, forming nouns denoting an act,...
5Proto-Indo-European-tweh₂Forms nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂—

Words derived from “jertfi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →