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Where does “זשיוועצע” come from?

זשיוועצע (Yiddish) comes from Russian живи́ца, from Proto-Slavic živica, from Proto-Indo-European gʷh₃i-u- — to live.

זשיוועצע (Yiddish): galipot, pine resin

Definitions

  1. galipot, pine resin

Ancestry of “זשיוועצע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianживи́ца—
2Proto-Slavicživicagalipot
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷh₃i-u-to live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷh₃i-u- →