Where does “mimoići” come from?

mimoići (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ići, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

mimoići (Serbo-Croatian): to pass by (someone), to cross paths (with one another)

Definitions

  1. to pass by (someone), to cross paths (with one another)

Ancestry of “mimoići”, step by step

mimoići traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian ići

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianićito go, walk; to flow, run, leak; to function,...
2Proto-Slavicjьtito go
3Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Serbo-Croatian mimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmimoby, past; despite, in spite of
2Proto-Slavicmimoby, past
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →