Where does “dojáviti” come from?
dojáviti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian dȍ, from Italian do, from Italian doni, from Italian dono, from Latin dōnum, from Turkish dönmek, from Ottoman Turkish دونمك, from Old Turkic ton-.
dojáviti (Serbo-Croatian): to inform somebody (usually in secrecy)
Definitions
- to inform somebody (usually in secrecy)
Ancestry of “dojáviti”, step by step
dojáviti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian dȍ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | dȍ | only, except |
| 2 | Italian | do | first-person singular indicative present of dare;... |
| 3 | Italian | doni | plural of dono; second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | dono | gift; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | dōnum | gift, present |
| 6 | Turkish | dönmek | to turn; to return; to rotate |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | دونمك | to turn around; to turn |
| 8 | Old Turkic | ton- | — |
| 9 | English | Hyun | — |
| 10 | Korean | 현 | 現: current; present; 絃: string |
| 11 | Chinese | 玄 | — |