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Where does “пресахњивати” come from?

пресахњивати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian преса̀хнути, from Serbo-Croatian сахнути, from Proto-Slavic sъxnǫti — to dry, to wither.

пресахњивати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of преса̀хнути

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of преса̀хнути

Ancestry of “пресахњивати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпреса̀хнути—
2Serbo-Croatianсахнутиto dry up; to wither, wilt; to droop, languish
3Proto-Slavicsъxnǫtito dry, to wither
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