Where does “bježati” come from?
bježati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic běžàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bēˀgjā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European bʰégʷ-y-eh₂-ti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰegʷ- — to flee; to run.
bježati (Serbo-Croatian): to flee, run away
Ancestry of “bježati”, step by step