Where does “удавити” come from?

удавити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian у, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

удавити (Serbo-Croatian): to choke, strangle

Definitions

  1. to choke, strangle

Ancestry of “удавити”, step by step

удавити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian у

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianуin, at; to, into; on, in, at, during
2Proto-Slavicvъ(n)in, inside, within; in, into, inside; at
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Serbo-Croatian давити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianдавитиto choke, strangle; to drown
2Proto-Slavicdāvìtito press, to plunge
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰew-to die, pass away; to run, flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥ →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъ(n) →