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Where does “omesti” come from?

omesti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian emészt, from Hungarian emik, from Proto-Uralic ime-, from Hungarian ím, from Hungarian i, from Hungarian e, from Proto-Uralic e- — this; not; the negative verb.

omesti (Serbo-Croatian): to disrupt, hamper, hinder, interfere with; to...

Definitions

  1. to disrupt, hamper, hinder, interfere with; to...

Ancestry of “omesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianemésztto digest
2Hungarianemikto suck
3Proto-Uralicime-to suck
4Hungarianímbehold! see! lo!
5Hungarianismall, young
6Hungarianethis; look!, hey!
7Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb
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