Where does “ujesti” come from?

ujesti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian уе́зд, from Old East Slavic уѣздъ, from Proto-Slavic jězdъ, from Proto-Slavic ězditi, from Proto-Slavic (j)ězditi.

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

Definitions

  1. to bite; to sting

Ancestry of “ujesti”, step by step

ujesti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian уе́зд

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianуе́здuyezd; district administrative unit in the Russian Empire before 1917
2Old East Slavicуѣздъ—
3Proto-Slavicjězdъ—
4Proto-Slavicězditi—
5Proto-Slavic(j)ězditi—

via Serbo-Croatian jȅsti

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

via Serbo-Croatian u

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianuin, 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-Slavic (j)ězditi →Every word from Proto-Slavic ězditi →Every word from Proto-Slavic jězdъ →