Where does “instinktivan” come from?
instinktivan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Instinkt, from Latin īnstinctus, from Latin instinguo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
instinktivan (Serbo-Croatian): instinctive
Definitions
- instinctive
Ancestry of “instinktivan”, step by step
instinktivan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Instinkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Instinkt | instinct |
| 2 | Latin | īnstinctus | instigation |
| 3 | Latin | instinguo | to incite, to instigate |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Proto-Dravidian iv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Dravidian | iv | — |