Where does “побадати” come from?

побадати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian по̀бости, from Serbo-Croatian бо̏сти, from Proto-Slavic bosti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bestei, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰh₂- — to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab.

побадати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of по̀бости

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of по̀бости

Ancestry of “побадати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпо̀бостиto stick one after another, drive in, plant stick something pointy into a surface
2Serbo-Croatianбо̏стиto stab
3Proto-Slavicbostito stab, sting
4Proto-Balto-Slavicbestei—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰedʰh₂-to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰh₂- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bestei →Every word from Proto-Slavic bosti →