Where does “nesavladiv” come from?

nesavladiv (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian savladiv, from Serbo-Croatian savladati, from Serbo-Croatian ša, from Serbo-Croatian šta, from Proto-Slavic čьto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ki, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís — interrogative base.

nesavladiv (Serbo-Croatian): invincible

Definitions

  1. invincible

Ancestry of “nesavladiv”, step by step

nesavladiv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian savladiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansavladivvincible, defeatable
2Serbo-Croatiansavladatito defeat; to overcome, surmount; to learn, to...
3Serbo-Croatianša
4Serbo-Croatianštawhat
5Proto-Slavicčьtowhat
6Proto-Balto-Slavickiwhat
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷídneuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

via Serbo-Croatian ne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiannenot; no
2Proto-Slavicnenot
3Proto-Balto-Slavicnot
4Proto-Indo-Europeannot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷísEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd
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