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Where does “шпинати” come from?

шпинати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ати, from Proto-Slavic -ati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...

шпинати (Serbo-Croatian): caramelize

Definitions

  1. caramelize

Ancestry of “шпинати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-атиA suffix appended to words to form a verb
2Proto-Slavic-atiFrom imperfective verbs, forming...
3Proto-Slavic-ětiInherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀtei—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁tiCreates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti →