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Where does “заплавити” come from?

заплавити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian пла́вити, from Proto-Slavic plàviti, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

заплавити (Serbo-Croatian): to make something blue or bluer

Definitions

  1. to make something blue or bluer

Ancestry of “заплавити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпла́вити—
2Proto-Slavicplàviti—
3Proto-Slavic-vati—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -vati →