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Where does “скретати” come from?

скретати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian кре́тати, from Proto-Slavic krętati — to languish, to perturb.

скретати (Serbo-Croatian): to turn, take another direction; to deviate,...

Definitions

  1. to turn, take another direction; to deviate,...

Ancestry of “скретати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianкре́тати—
2Proto-Slavickrętatito languish, to perturb
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