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Where does “запалити” come from?

запалити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian zapaliti, from Serbo-Croatian paliti, from Proto-Slavic pālìti.

запалити (Serbo-Croatian): to set fire to, set on fire, kindle, light up,...

Definitions

  1. to set fire to, set on fire, kindle, light up,...

Ancestry of “запалити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzapalitito set fire to, to set on fire, to burn; to...
2Serbo-Croatianpalitiimperfective form of zapaliti
3Proto-Slavicpālìti—
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