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Where does “čtvrtit” come from?

čtvrtit (Czech) comes from Czech -it, from Old Czech -íti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

čtvrtit (Czech): to quarter

Definitions

  1. to quarter

Ancestry of “čtvrtit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-itforms the infinitive of the 3rd class verbs; from...
2Old Czech-íti—
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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