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Where does “obgrliti” come from?

obgrliti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ob-, from Proto-Slavic ob, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

obgrliti (Serbo-Croatian): to embrace

Definitions

  1. to embrace

Ancestry of “obgrliti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianob-around, enclosing, surrounding; around,...
2Proto-Slavicobaround, against
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—
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