жрьти

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See also: жрѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьrti, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-, zero-grade of *gʷerH- (to welcome, greet, praise).[1] Cognates include Latin grātus (welcome), Lithuanian gìrti (to praise), Old Prussian girtwei (to praise) and Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, to praise).

Verb

жрьти (žrĭti?

  1. to sacrifice
  2. to offer

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žьrti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 566