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Where does “baktati” come from?

baktati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bȃt, from Ottoman Turkish باصدی, from Ottoman Turkish باصمق, from Proto-Turkic bas- — to press.

baktati (Serbo-Croatian): to tramp, tap, clatter with one's feet; to...

Definitions

  1. to tramp, tap, clatter with one's feet; to...

Ancestry of “baktati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbȃttramp, clatter
2Ottoman Turkishباصدی—
3Ottoman Turkishباصمقto hit; appear
4Proto-Turkicbas-to press
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