Where does “дозволити” come from?
дозволити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian дозво́лить, from Polish dozwolić, from Polish zwolić, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
дозволити (Serbo-Croatian): to allow, permit
Ancestry of “дозволити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | дозво́лить | — |
| 2 | Polish | dozwolić | to allow, to permit, to consent to |
| 3 | Polish | zwolić | — |
| 4 | Polish | -nik | -er |
| 5 | Old Polish | -nik | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |