Where does “посустати” come from?
посустати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian сустати, from Serbo-Croatian ста̏ти, from Proto-Slavic stati, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
посустати (Serbo-Croatian): to grow tired, become exhausted; to fall behind,...
Definitions
- to grow tired, become exhausted; to fall behind,...
Ancestry of “посустати”, step by step
посустати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian сустати
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | сустати | to grow tired, become exhausted |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | ста̏ти | to stop, halt |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | stati | to stand; to become |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Serbo-Croatian по
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | по | half; for; over, through, across, in, on |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | po | after; by; at |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂pó | off, away |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |