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Where does “-ovati” come from?

-ovati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

-ovati (Serbo-Croatian): A suffix appended to words to form a verb

Definitions

  1. A suffix appended to words to form a verb

Ancestry of “-ovati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “-ovati”

  • kibicovati
  • sudelovati
  • delovati
  • ašikovati
  • uzrokovati
  • linčovati
  • prouzrokovati
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