Where does “завидети” come from?
завидети (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian видети, from Proto-Slavic viděti, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
завидети (Serbo-Croatian): to envy
Ancestry of “завидети”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | видети | to see; to look, behold; to understand |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | viděti | to see |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |