žyto

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Lower Sorbian

žyto

Etymology

Semantically narrowed from original meaning ‘grain’, from Proto-Slavic *žito (grain, corn), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geit-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeHi-to-.

The same semantic narrowing from ‘grain’ to ‘rye’ happened with Polish żyto, Kashubian żëto, Czech žito, Belarusian жы́та (žýta), and Ukrainian жи́то (žýto).

Pronunciation

Noun

žyto n (diminutive žytko)

  1. rye
  2. (obsolete) grain

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