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Where does “сажети” come from?

сажети (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian жети, from Proto-Slavic žęti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

сажети (Serbo-Croatian): to summarize, abridge; to compress, contract

Definitions

  1. to summarize, abridge; to compress, contract

Ancestry of “сажети”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianжетиto reap, harvest
2Proto-Slavicžętito press, squeeze; to reap, mow
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

Words derived from “сажети”

  • сажетак
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