Where does “извије́стити” come from?

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

извије́стити (Serbo-Croatian): to report

Definitions

  1. to report

Ancestry of “извије́стити”, step by step

извије́стити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian вијест

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianвијестreport, news
2Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Serbo-Croatian из

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianизfrom, out of; for, because of, out of; with,...
2Proto-Slavicjьzfrom, out of
3Proto-Balto-Slaviciź—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰsout

Words derived from “извије́стити”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid- →Every word from Proto-Slavic věstь →