Where does “завиђати” come from?
завиђати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian виђати, from Serbo-Croatian ви̑д, from Proto-Slavic vidъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic weiˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European wéydos, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
завиђати (Serbo-Croatian): to envy
Ancestry of “завиђати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | виђати | to keep seeing somebody or something; to keep... |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | ви̑д | eyesight |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vidъ | sight; view; appearance |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | weiˀdas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydos | seeing, image |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |