Where does “преплашити” come from?

преплашити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian плашити, from Proto-Slavic polšiti — to scare.

преплашити (Serbo-Croatian): to scare, frighten

Definitions

  1. to scare, frighten

Ancestry of “преплашити”, step by step

преплашити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian плашити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianплашитиto frighten, scare; to be afraid, to be scared
2Proto-Slavicpolšitito scare

via Serbo-Croatian пре

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