Where does “повијати” come from?
повијати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian по̀вити, from Serbo-Croatian pòviti, from Icelandic víti, from Old Norse viti, from Proto-Germanic wītiją, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
повијати (Serbo-Croatian): to bend
Ancestry of “повијати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | по̀вити | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | pòviti | — |
| 3 | Icelandic | víti | hell; penalty |
| 4 | Old Norse | viti | indicator; token, mark, signal; beacon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wītiją | punishment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |