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Where does “delovati” come from?

delovati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian dȅlati, from Proto-Slavic dělati, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

delovati (Serbo-Croatian): to work, perform, function, operate; to seem, act...

Definitions

  1. to work, perform, function, operate; to seem, act...

Ancestry of “delovati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandȅlati—
2Proto-Slavicdělatito do
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “delovati”

  • sudelovati
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →