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Where does “заглављивати” come from?

заглављивати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian загла́вити, from Serbo-Croatian гла́ва, from Proto-Slavic golvà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic galˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European gelH- — naked; head.

заглављивати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of загла́вити

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of загла́вити

Ancestry of “заглављивати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianзагла́вити—
2Serbo-Croatianгла́ва—
3Proto-Slavicgolvà—
4Proto-Balto-Slavicgalˀwā́ˀhead
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangelH-naked; head
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelH- →