Where does “свирати” come from?
свирати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic svirati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
свирати (Serbo-Croatian): to play
Ancestry of “свирати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | svirati | to whistle; to play music |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |