Where does “žeti” come from?

žeti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

žeti (Serbo-Croatian): to reap, harvest

Definitions

  1. to reap, harvest

Ancestry of “žeti”, step by step

žeti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin decem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemten; 10
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Proto-Slavic vъzęti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvъzętito take
2Proto-Slavicętito take
3Proto-Balto-Slavicímteito take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute

via Proto-Slavic žęti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžętito press, squeeze; to reap, mow
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

Words derived from “žeti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →