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Where does “прозвати” come from?

прозвати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ukrainian про-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

прозвати (Serbo-Croatian): to name, dub; to call somebody by name

Definitions

  1. to name, dub; to call somebody by name

Ancestry of “прозвати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпро-—
2Proto-Slavicpro-—
3Proto-Slavic*pro—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*pra—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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