Where does “положити” come from?

положити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian položiti, from Serbo-Croatian ložiti, from Proto-Slavic ložiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic lágīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European logʰ-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

положити (Serbo-Croatian): to lay, put, place; to take or pass an...

Definitions

  1. to lay, put, place; to take or pass an...

Ancestry of “положити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpoložitito lay, put, place; to take or pass an...
2Serbo-Croatianložitito stoke; to light, ignite
3Proto-Slavicložitito lay
4Proto-Balto-Slaviclágīˀtei—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlogʰ-éye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European logʰ-éye-ti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic lágīˀtei →