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Where does “прекретати” come from?

прекретати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian преокре́нути, from Serbo-Croatian окренути, from Serbo-Croatian о, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

прекретати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of преокре́нути

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of преокре́нути

Ancestry of “прекретати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпреокре́нути—
2Serbo-Croatianокренутиto turn; to change, switch; to dial
3Serbo-Croatianоon, against; about, concerning
4Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
5Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
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