Where does “isplativ” come from?

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

isplativ (Serbo-Croatian): profitable, cost-effective

Definitions

  1. profitable, cost-effective

Ancestry of “isplativ”, step by step

isplativ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian isplatiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianisplatitito pay, pay off; to be worthwhile, be profitable
2Serbo-Croatianplatitito pay, pay for
3Proto-Slavicplatitito pay
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Proto-Dravidian iv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianiv
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti