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Where does “narisati” come from?

narisati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian risati, from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

narisati (Serbo-Croatian): to draw

Definitions

  1. to draw

Ancestry of “narisati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianrisatito draw
2Middle High Germanrīzen—
3Old High Germanrīzanto scratch
4Proto-West Germanichrītanto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
5Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
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