Where does “тяжити” come from?

тяжити (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic tęžiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

тяжити (Ukrainian): to weigh down, to burden, to weighten

Definitions

  1. to weigh down, to burden, to weighten

Ancestry of “тяжити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictęžitito weigh, to burden; to struggle
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →
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