Where does “обадати” come from?
обадати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian о̀бости, from Serbo-Croatian бо̏сти, from Proto-Slavic bosti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bestei, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰh₂- — to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab.
обадати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of о̀бости; to notice, take...
Definitions
- imperfective form of о̀бости; to notice, take...
Ancestry of “обадати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | о̀бости | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | бо̏сти | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | bosti | to stab, sting |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | bestei | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰh₂- | to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab |