Where does “збивати” come from?
збивати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian збити, from Serbo-Croatian би̏ти, from Proto-Slavic bìti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyh₂- — to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut.
збивати (Serbo-Croatian): to happen, occur
Ancestry of “збивати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | збити | to crowd together, jam, pile together, round up;... |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | би̏ти | to be |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | bìti | to beat |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | bī́ˀtei | to beat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyh₂- | to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut |