Where does “žeći” come from?
žeći (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic žeťi, from Proto-Slavic gegti, from Proto-Slavic degti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic degtéi, from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti — to burn, to be burning.
žeći (Serbo-Croatian): to burn
Ancestry of “žeći”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | žeťi | to burn; to heat up |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | gegti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | degti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | degtéi | to burn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰégʷʰeti | to burn, to be burning |