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Where does “dete” come from?

dete (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic dětę, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

dete (Serbo-Croatian): child, kid

Definitions

  1. child, kid

Ancestry of “dete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdětęchild
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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