Where does “преписати” come from?
преписати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian пи́сати, from Proto-Slavic pьsati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
преписати (Serbo-Croatian): to copy; to prescribe; to bequeath
Definitions
- to copy; to prescribe; to bequeath
Ancestry of “преписати”, step by step
преписати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian пи́сати
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | пи́сати | to write to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pьsati | to draw, depict; to write |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | peiś- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |
via Serbo-Croatian пре
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | пре | before, earlier; before; ago |