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Where does “dušiti” come from?

dušiti (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

dušiti (Proto-Slavic): to breathe heavily; to smother, to suffocate, to...

Definitions

  1. to breathe heavily; to smother, to suffocate, to...

Ancestry of “dušiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
2Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “dušiti”

  • душить
  • dusić
  • dusiciel
  • dusit
  • dušení
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