Where does “ујести” come from?

ујести (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian је̏сти, from Proto-Slavic ěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

ујести (Serbo-Croatian): to bite; to sting

Definitions

  1. to bite; to sting

Ancestry of “ујести”, step by step

ујести traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian је̏сти

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianје̏стиto eat, consume
2Proto-Slavicěstito eat
3Proto-Balto-Slavicēˀsteito eat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Serbo-Croatian у

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianуin, at; to, into; on, in, at, during
2Proto-Slavicvъ(n)in, inside, within; in, into, inside; at
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēˀstei →
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