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Where does “lizati” come from?

lizati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic līzàti, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

Ancestry of “lizati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclīzàtito lick
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick

Words derived from “lizati”

  • lizalica
  • polizati
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