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Where does “obòriv” come from?

obòriv (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian obòriti, from Serbo-Croatian boriti, from Proto-Slavic boriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “obòriv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianobòriti—
2Serbo-Croatianboritito fight, struggle; to compete
3Proto-Slavicboritito battle, to wrestle
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “obòriv”

  • neoboriv
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