Where does “-eći” come from?
-eći (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic *-ęťь — used after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs).
-eći (Serbo-Croatian): suffix forming a verbal adjective from the present tense of certain imperfective verbs, specifically those whose third person plural present tense ends in -ē, i.e. infinitives in -iti, -(i)(j)eti, some in -jati and a few others
Definitions
- suffix forming a verbal adjective from the present tense of certain imperfective verbs, specifically those whose third person plural present tense ends in -ē, i.e. infinitives in -iti, -(i)(j)eti, some in -jati and a few others
Ancestry of “-eći”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | *-ęťь | used after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs) |