Where does “beštima” come from?
beštima (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian bestemmia, from Old Italian biastema, from Late Latin blasphemia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
beštima (Serbo-Croatian): curse, cuss
Ancestry of “beštima”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | bestemmia | curse; blasphemy; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old Italian | biastema | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | blasphemia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βλασφημία | profanity; slander, blasphemy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |