Where does “обојити” come from?
обојити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian о, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
обојити (Serbo-Croatian): to color, paint, dye
Ancestry of “обојити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | о | on, against; about, concerning |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |