житьё
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- (colloquial) life
- (colloquial) existence
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žitьje, *žiti (live).
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*žiti
Gloss
live
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- бытьё Russian
- жить Russian
- житьё-бытьё Russian
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Indo-European
- życie Polish
- *žiti Proto-Slavic
- *žitьje Proto-Slavic
- žít Czech
- жити Ukrainian
- життя Ukrainian
- žiť Slovak
- жыць Belarusian
- žiti Slovene
- жити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- житиѥ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- žyś Lower Sorbian
- жыти Rusyn