Where does “grešiti” come from?

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

grešiti (Serbo-Croatian): to be wrong, make a mistake; to sin

Definitions

  1. to be wrong, make a mistake; to sin

Ancestry of “grešiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgrěšitito sin
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “grešiti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Slavic -iti →