Where does “očuvati” come from?
očuvati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian o, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
očuvati (Serbo-Croatian): to save, preserve, conserve
Definitions
- to save, preserve, conserve
Ancestry of “očuvati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | o | on, against; about, concerning, of, on |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |