Where does “потплатити” come from?
потплатити (Serbo-Croatian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
потплатити (Serbo-Croatian): to bribe
Definitions
- to bribe
Ancestry of “потплатити”, step by step
потплатити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian под
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | под | floor; ground; under, beneath |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pǫdъ | under, below, beneath (stationary) |
| 3 | Old Norse | pund | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 5 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Serbo-Croatian платити
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | платити | to pay, pay for |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | platiti | to pay |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |