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Where does “окривљивати” come from?

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

окривљивати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of окри́вити

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of окри́вити

Ancestry of “окривљивати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianокри́вити—
2Serbo-Croatianкривитиto blame, accuse
3Serbo-Croatianкри̑в—
4Proto-Slavickrivъcrooked, bent; wrong; guilty
5Proto-Balto-Slavickreiwas—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankreywos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreywos →