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Where does “објахати” come from?

објахати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian об-, from Proto-Slavic ob, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

објахати (Serbo-Croatian): to encircle with legs while horseback; to mount

Definitions

  1. to encircle with legs while horseback; to mount

Ancestry of “објахати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianоб-around, enclosing, surrounding; around,...
2Proto-Slavicobaround, against
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
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