Where does “подваљивати” come from?
подваљивати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian подва́лити, from Serbo-Croatian под, from Proto-Slavic pǫdъ, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os — to stretch.
подваљивати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of подва́лити
Definitions
- imperfective form of подва́лити
Ancestry of “подваљивати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | подва́лити | to cheat, swindle |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | под | floor; ground; under, beneath |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pǫdъ | under, below, beneath (stationary) |
| 4 | Old Norse | pund | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 6 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |