жрьти

See also: жрѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьrti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-, zero-grade of *gʷerH- (“to welcome, greet, praise”).[1] Cognates include Latin grātus (“welcome”), Lithuanian gìrti (“to praise”), Old Prussian girtwei (“to praise”) and Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “to praise”).

Verb

жрьти • (žrĭti)

  1. to sacrifice
  2. to offer

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žьrti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 566
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