Where does “obasjati” come from?
obasjati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian oba-, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po.
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Ancestry of “obasjati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | oba- | — |
| 2 | Old Tupi | îub | — |
| 3 | Old Tupi | -a | — |
| 4 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | — |
| 6 | Proto-Tupian | *po | — |