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Where does “набрусивати” come from?

набрусивати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian набру́сити, from Serbo-Croatian брусити, from Proto-Slavic brusiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic brouk-ei-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic brouk-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrowḱ-.

набрусивати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of набру́сити

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of набру́сити

Ancestry of “набрусивати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianнабру́сити—
2Serbo-Croatianбруситиto whet, sharpen; to glaze, polish
3Proto-Slavicbrusitito shake off; to whet, to grind
4Proto-Balto-Slavicbrouk-ei-—
5Proto-Balto-Slavicbrouk-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrowḱ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrowḱ- →