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to eat
Source:*jěstiProto-Slaviccertain
English
to eat
Polish
jeść
jɛɕtɕCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianестьestʹjesʲtʲinherited
Spelled like есть 'there is'; the polite ку́шать is also heard.
- Ukrainianї́стиjistyˈjistɪinherited
- Polishjeśćjɛɕtɕinherited
- Czechjístjiːstinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianjestiјестиˈjestiinherited
- Englishto eat
Distant English relative: eat — Eat and *jěsti share the Indo-European root *h₁ed-.