Where does “ушиљити” come from?

ушиљити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ши́љак, from Serbo-Croatian ши̏ти, from Proto-Slavic šiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sjūtei, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

ушиљити (Serbo-Croatian): to make something pointy; to become pointy or...

Definitions

  1. to make something pointy; to become pointy or...

Ancestry of “ушиљити”, step by step

ушиљити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian ши́љак

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianши́љакsharp end (point, top, peak, apex etc.)
2Serbo-Croatianши̏тиto sew, stitch
3Proto-Slavicšitito sew
4Proto-Balto-Slavicsjūtei—
5Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sjūtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic šiti →