Where does “преспавати” come from?

преспавати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian спа́вати — to sleep.

преспавати (Serbo-Croatian): to sleep over; to oversleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep over; to oversleep

Ancestry of “преспавати”, step by step

преспавати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian спа́вати

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianспа́ватиto sleep

via Serbo-Croatian пре

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпреbefore, earlier; before; ago
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