Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žito
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit*žìto n
Inflection
editDeclension of *žìto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žìto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, 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