Where does “хват” come from?
хват (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian хвата́ть, from Old East Slavic хватати, from Proto-Slavic xvatati, from Proto-Slavic -ati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
Ancestry of “хват”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | хвата́ть | to grasp |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | хватати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | xvatati | to grasp, catch, grab |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ati | From imperfective verbs, forming... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |