Where does “ocroti” come from?

ocroti (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic оукротити, from Proto-Slavic krǫtiti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱrot(H)-.

ocroti (Romanian): to protect, defend, shield

Definitions

  1. to protect, defend, shield

Ancestry of “ocroti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicоукротитиto tame, to subdue
2Proto-Slavickrǫtitito turn, to twist, to twirl
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱrot(H)-—

Words derived from “ocroti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱrot(H)- →Every word from Proto-Slavic krǫtiti →Every word from Old Church Slavonic оукротити →
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