Where does “преломити” come from?

преломити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ло̀мити, from Proto-Slavic lomiti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

преломити (Serbo-Croatian): to break; to refract; to set

Definitions

  1. to break; to refract; to set

Ancestry of “преломити”, step by step

преломити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian ло̀мити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianло̀митиto break, crack
2Proto-Slaviclomitito break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

via Serbo-Croatian пре

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпреbefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic lomiti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian ло̀мити →