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Where does “обрадовати” come from?

обрадовати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian obradovati, from Serbo-Croatian ob-, from Proto-Slavic ob, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

обрадовати (Serbo-Croatian): to make happy, delight; to be happy, rejoice

Definitions

  1. to make happy, delight; to be happy, rejoice

Ancestry of “обрадовати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianobradovatito make happy, delight; to be happy, rejoice; to...
2Serbo-Croatianob-around, enclosing, surrounding; around,...
3Proto-Slavicobaround, against
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
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