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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

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

Words derived from “oteti”

  • preoteti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →