Where does “сјати” come from?

сјати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sijati, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- — to shine, shimmer.

сјати (Serbo-Croatian): to shine

Definitions

  1. to shine

Ancestry of “сјати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsijatito shine, to illuminate
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Slavic sijati →