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Where does “prăbuși” come from?

prăbuși (Romanian) comes from Serbo-Croatian probušiti, from Serbo-Croatian bušiti, from Proto-Slavic bušiti.

prăbuși (Romanian): to collapse

Definitions

  1. to collapse

Ancestry of “prăbuși”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprobušitito bore, drill; to pierce, puncture, hole
2Serbo-Croatianbušitito bore, drill
3Proto-Slavicbušiti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic bušiti →