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Where does “idolopoklónstvo” come from?

idolopoklónstvo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pòklōnstvo, from Serbo-Croatian poklòniti, from Serbo-Croatian klòniti, from Proto-Slavic kloniti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “idolopoklónstvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpòklōnstvo—
2Serbo-Croatianpoklòniti—
3Serbo-Croatianklòniti—
4Proto-Slavicklonitito bow; to incline, to converge
5Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
6Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “idolopoklónstvo”

  • idolopoklonik
  • idolopoklonički
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →