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Where does “претјерати” come from?

претјерати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian тјерати, from Proto-Slavic těrjati.

претјерати (Serbo-Croatian): to drive across; to go too far; to exaggerate

Definitions

  1. to drive across; to go too far; to exaggerate

Ancestry of “претјерати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianтјератиto force, make; to induce, cause; to drive, drive...
2Proto-Slavictěrjati—
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