Where does “belilo” come from?
belilo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech bělidlo, from Czech bělit, from Old Czech bieliti, from Proto-Slavic běliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
belilo (Serbo-Croatian): bleach; whiteness
Ancestry of “belilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | bělidlo | bleach |
| 2 | Czech | bělit | to bleach |
| 3 | Old Czech | bieliti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | běliti | to whiten |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |