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
- to draw away, haul away, tug away; to drag...
Ancestry of “odvući”, step by step
odvući traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sicilian vuci
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | vuci | Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character |
| 2 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
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 |