Where does “пепељати” come from?

пепељати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian пе̏пео, from Proto-Slavic pepelъ, from Proto-Indo-European pepelh₁-o-.

Definitions

Ancestry of “пепељати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпе̏пеоashes
2Proto-Slavicpepelъash, ashes
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpepelh₁-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pepelh₁-o- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pepelъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian пе̏пео →