Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěstiti

Etymology
On account of the acute, probably from Pre-Slavic , from , related to 🇨🇬.

According to Trubachev, o-vocalism of 🇨🇬. Alternatively, per J. Zubaty (1982), from an unattested, cognate with 🇨🇬 (dial. ), 🇨🇬, from. Further related to 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to cleanse

Descendants

 * South Slavic:
 * Russian Church Slavonic:
 * Russian Church Slavonic:
 * Russian Church Slavonic:
 * Russian Church Slavonic: