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