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Where does “извештавати” come from?

извештавати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian изве́стити, from Serbo-Croatian вест, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

извештавати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of изве́стити

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of изве́стити

Ancestry of “извештавати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianизве́стити—
2Serbo-Croatianвестreport, news
3Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →