Where does “трезнити” come from?
трезнити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian тре̏звен, from Proto-Slavic terzvьnъ, from Proto-Slavic terzvъ, from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
трезнити (Serbo-Croatian): to sober
Ancestry of “трезнити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | тре̏звен | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | terzvьnъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | terzvъ | sober |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -vъ | From thematic declension of u-stem... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *-was | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |