Where does “истражити” come from?
истражити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian тра́жити, from Serbo-Croatian тра̑г, from Proto-Slavic tragъ, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
истражити (Serbo-Croatian): to investigate; to explore; to research
Definitions
- to investigate; to explore; to research
Ancestry of “истражити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | тра́жити | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | тра̑г | trace, footstep |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tragъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |