Where does “oteti” come from?

oteti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

oteti (Serbo-Croatian): to kidnap; to hijack; to free oneself from

Definitions

  1. to kidnap; to hijack; to free oneself from

Ancestry of “oteti”, step by step

oteti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiand
2Old Church Slavonicиand; him
3Proto-Slavicthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slavicthis
5Old Polishto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Romanian oțet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianoțetvinegar
2Proto-Slavicocьtъvinegar
3Gothic𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄vinegar
4Latinacētumvinegar
5French-ateate
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Proto-Slavic otęti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicotęti

Words derived from “oteti

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei