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Where does “obarač” come from?

obarač (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.

obarač (Serbo-Croatian): trigger

Definitions

  1. trigger

Ancestry of “obarač”, 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
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