Where does “пјевати” come from?

пјевати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pěti, from Proto-Indo-European poiH-.

пјевати (Serbo-Croatian): to sing

Definitions

  1. to sing

Ancestry of “пјевати”, step by step

пјевати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic pěti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpětito sing
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoiH-—

via Proto-Slavic pěvati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpěvatito sing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European poiH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pěti →