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Where does “šiti” come from?

šiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic šiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sjūtei, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH-.

šiti (Serbo-Croatian): to sew, stitch; to baste; to suture

Definitions

  1. to sew, stitch; to baste; to suture

Ancestry of “šiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicšitito sew
2Proto-Balto-Slavicsjūtei—
3Proto-Indo-European*syewH-—

Words derived from “šiti”

  • sašiti
  • šiljka
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →