Where does “престати” come from?

престати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic *perstati — to cease, to stop.

престати (Serbo-Croatian): to stop, cease, end

Definitions

  1. to stop, cease, end

Ancestry of “престати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*perstatito cease, to stop
Every word from Proto-Slavic *perstati