Where does “петица” come from?

петица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian пета, from Proto-Slavic pęta, from Proto-Slavic pęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.

петица (Serbo-Croatian): five; anything numbered five; the grade '5' in...

Definitions

  1. five; anything numbered five; the grade '5' in...

Ancestry of “петица”, step by step

петица traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian пета

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпетаheel
2Proto-Slavicpętaheel
3Proto-Slavicpętito stretch; to tie, fix together
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpínˀteito braid; to stretch
5Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave

via Serbo-Croatian пе̑т

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпе̑тfive
2Proto-Slavicpętьfive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic pínˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic pęti →