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Where does “вентили́рати” come from?

вентили́рати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin ventilāre, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

Ancestry of “вентили́рати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinventilāre—
2Latinventusa wind; arrival
3Proto-Italicwentoswind
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

Words derived from “вентили́рати”

  • вентилатор
  • вентил
  • вентилација
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