Where does “onečistiti” come from?

onečistiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian čistiti, from Proto-Slavic čistiti, from Proto-Slavic čistъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skīstas, from Proto-Indo-European skidtos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keyd-.

onečistiti (Serbo-Croatian): to contaminate

Definitions

  1. to contaminate

Ancestry of “onečistiti”, step by step

onečistiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian čistiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiančistitito clean
2Proto-Slavicčistitito clean, purify
3Proto-Slavicčistъclean, pure
4Proto-Balto-Slavicskīstas—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskidtossplit
6Proto-Indo-European(s)keyd-—

via Serbo-Croatian ne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiannenot; no
2Proto-Slavicnenot
3Proto-Balto-Slavicnēnot
4Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)keyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skidtos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic skīstas →