Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žito

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-.

Baltic cognates include Old Prussian geytye, geits (bread).

Indo-European cognates include Irish biathaim, Welsh bwyd (food, meat).

Noun

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*žìto n

  1. grain, corn

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žìto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жито”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress