Where does “слишати” come from?

слишати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic slyšati, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

слишати (Serbo-Croatian): to hear

Definitions

  1. to hear

Ancestry of “слишати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicslyšatito hear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic slyšati →
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