Where does “дете” come from?

дете (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic dětę, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

дете (Serbo-Croatian): child, kid

Definitions

  1. child, kid

Ancestry of “дете”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdětęchild
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dětę →