Where does “зевати” come from?

зевати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic zěvati — to yawn.

зевати (Serbo-Croatian): to yawn

Definitions

  1. to yawn

Ancestry of “зевати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviczěvatito yawn
Every word from Proto-Slavic zěvati