Where does “odustajati” come from?
odustajati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian stàjati, from Proto-Slavic stojati, from Proto-Slavic stojěti, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
odustajati (Serbo-Croatian): to give up, abandon + od
Definitions
- to give up, abandon + od
Ancestry of “odustajati”, step by step
odustajati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian stàjati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | stàjati | to stand |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | stojati | to stand |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | stojěti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ěti | Inherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ēˀtei | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁ti | Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;... |
via Serbo-Croatian od
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | od | from, since; of; than |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | otъ | from, away from; originating from, starting from... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |