Where does “белихтати” come from?
белихтати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German belichten, from German lichten, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan — boundary, end.
Definitions
Ancestry of “белихтати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | belichten | to expose |
| 2 | German | lichten | to thin out; to clear; to make sparse; to thin... |
| 3 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 4 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 5 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 6 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 7 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 11 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 12 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |