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Where does “iskaliti” come from?

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

iskaliti (Serbo-Croatian): to harden, temper; to take it out on, vent one's...

Definitions

  1. to harden, temper; to take it out on, vent one's...

Ancestry of “iskaliti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankalitito harden, temper
2Proto-Slavickalitito soil, muddle; to temper; to case-harden
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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