Where does “идолопоклоник” come from?
идолопоклоник (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian идолопокло́нство, from Serbo-Croatian по̀кло̄нство, from Serbo-Croatian покло̀нити, from Serbo-Croatian кло̀нити, from Proto-Slavic kloniti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
идолопоклоник (Serbo-Croatian): idolater
Ancestry of “идолопоклоник”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | идолопокло́нство | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | по̀кло̄нство | — |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | покло̀нити | — |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | кло̀нити | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kloniti | to bow; to incline, to converge |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |