Where does “idolopoklonik” come from?
idolopoklonik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian idolopoklónstvo, 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.
idolopoklonik (Serbo-Croatian): idolater
Ancestry of “idolopoklonik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | idolopoklónstvo | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | pòklōnstvo | — |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | poklòniti | — |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | klòniti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kloniti | to bow; to incline, to converge |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |