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Where does “кло̀нити” come from?

кло̀нити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic kloniti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “кло̀нити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicklonitito bow; to incline, to converge
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “кло̀нити”

  • кљенут
  • клонулост
  • склонити
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