Where does “упрљати” come from?

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

упрљати (Serbo-Croatian): to dirty, soil; to stain, sully, besmirch

Definitions

  1. to dirty, soil; to stain, sully, besmirch

Ancestry of “упрљати”, step by step

упрљати 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 прљати

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпрљатиto dirty, soil; to stain, sully, besmirch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥ →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъ(n) →