Where does “naići” come from?

naići (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.

naići (Serbo-Croatian): come across, meet, encounter, come along; to...

Definitions

  1. come across, meet, encounter, come along; to...

Ancestry of “naići”, step by step

naići 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 na

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiannato, on, onto; on, at, in; on, by, for, at
2Proto-Slavicnaon; concerning; onto
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →