Where does “заступити” come from?
заступити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ступити, from Proto-Slavic stǫpiti, from Proto-Indo-European stÁb-.
заступити (Serbo-Croatian): to represent; to support
Ancestry of “заступити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ступити | to step; to enter |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | stǫpiti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | stÁb- | — |