Where does “препадати” come from?

препадати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian па̏дати, from Proto-Slavic pàdati — to fall, to topple down.

препадати (Serbo-Croatian): to frighten, scare

Definitions

  1. to frighten, scare

Ancestry of “препадати”, step by step

препадати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian па̏дати

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпа̏датиto fall
2Proto-Slavicpàdatito fall, to topple down

via Serbo-Croatian пре

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпреbefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Slavic pàdati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian па̏дати →
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