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to live

Source:*žitiProto-Slaviccertain

I knowI'm learning

English

to live

Polish

żyć

ʐɨtɕ

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
житьžitʹ
ʐɨtʲinherited
Ukrainian
жи́тиžyty
ˈʒɪtɪinherited
Polish
żyć
ʐɨtɕinherited
Czech
žít
ʒiːtinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
živjeti / živetiживјети / живети
ˈʒivjetiinherited
From the related *živěti, built on *živъ 'alive'.
English
to live
Distant English relative: quick — Quick in its old sense 'alive' shares the Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃- (Latin vivus).