Where does “шљакати” come from?

шљакати (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;...

шљакати (Serbo-Croatian): to work, to function; to peg away; to labor

Definitions

  1. to work, to function; to peg away; to labor

Ancestry of “шљакати”, 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 →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ěti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ati →