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Where does “окри́вити” come from?

окри́вити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian кривити, from Serbo-Croatian кри̑в, from Proto-Slavic krivъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kreiwas, from Proto-Indo-European kreywos.

Ancestry of “окри́вити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianкривитиto blame, accuse
2Serbo-Croatianкри̑в—
3Proto-Slavickrivъcrooked, bent; wrong; guilty
4Proto-Balto-Slavickreiwas—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankreywos—

Words derived from “окри́вити”

  • окривљавати
  • окривљивати
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