Where does “калити” come from?
калити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic kaliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
калити (Serbo-Croatian): to harden, temper
Ancestry of “калити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | kaliti | to soil, muddle; to temper; to case-harden |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
Words derived from “калити”