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Where does “glumiti” come from?

glumiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic glumiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

glumiti (Serbo-Croatian): to act; to feign, pretend, simulate

Definitions

  1. to act; to feign, pretend, simulate

Ancestry of “glumiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicglumitito mock? to amuse? to joke?
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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