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Where does “иселити” come from?

иселити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian селити, from Ukrainian село, from Old East Slavic село, from Proto-Slavic selo, from Proto-Indo-European sēl- — to calm, quiet, be favourable.

иселити (Serbo-Croatian): to move out, expel; to move out; to emigrate

Definitions

  1. to move out, expel; to move out; to emigrate

Ancestry of “иселити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianселитиto migrate; to move
2Ukrainianселоvillage; country; rural area
3Old East Slavicсело—
4Proto-Slavicselovillage
5Proto-Indo-Europeansēl-to calm, quiet, be favourable
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