Where does “dozvoliti” come from?
dozvoliti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian дозво́лить, from Polish dozwolić, from Polish zwolić, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
dozvoliti (Serbo-Croatian): to allow, permit, let
Definitions
- to allow, permit, let
Ancestry of “dozvoliti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | дозво́лить | to permit, to allow, to authorize |
| 2 | Polish | dozwolić | to allow, to permit, to consent to |
| 3 | Polish | zwolić | to allow, to permit |
| 4 | Polish | -nik | -er |
| 5 | Old Polish | -nik | forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |