Where does “потрудити” come from?

потрудити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian трудити, from Serbo-Croatian truditi, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

потрудити (Serbo-Croatian): to try, make an effort

Definitions

  1. to try, make an effort

Ancestry of “потрудити”, step by step

потрудити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian трудити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianтрудитиto try, make an effort
2Serbo-Croatiantruditito try, make an effort
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Serbo-Croatian по

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпоhalf; for; over, through, across, in, on
2Proto-Slavicpoafter; by; at
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂póoff, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →