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Where does “odvući” come from?

odvući (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Sicilian vuci, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

odvući (Serbo-Croatian): to draw away, haul away, tug away; to drag...

Definitions

  1. to draw away, haul away, tug away; to drag...

Ancestry of “odvući”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianvuci—
2Latinvōx—
3Proto-Italicwōksvoice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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