Where does “поставити” come from?

поставити (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Serbo-Croatian postaviti, from Serbo-Croatian staviti, from Proto-Slavic stàviti — to place, put.

поставити (Old Church Slavonic): to set, place

Definitions

  1. to set, place

Ancestry of “поставити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpostavitito put, place, set; to appoint, name
2Serbo-Croatianstavitito put, place; to put on, wear
3Proto-Slavicstàvitito place, put
Every word from Proto-Slavic stàviti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian staviti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian postaviti →