Where does “обећати” come from?

обећати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic oběťati, from Proto-Slavic věťati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic waitjāˀtei.

обећати (Serbo-Croatian): to promise

Definitions

  1. to promise

Ancestry of “обећати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicoběťatito promise, to pledge
2Proto-Slavicvěťatito say, to make a claim, to converse
3Proto-Balto-Slavicwaitjāˀtei—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic waitjāˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic věťati →Every word from Proto-Slavic oběťati →