Where does “товити” come from?

товити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tyti, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

товити (Serbo-Croatian): to fatten

Definitions

  1. to fatten

Ancestry of “товити”, step by step

товити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic tyti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictytito become fat, gain weight
2Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Proto-Slavic toviti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictovitito fatten

Words derived from “товити”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Slavic tyti →