Where does “otići” come from?
otići (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ići, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
otići (Serbo-Croatian): to leave, part, depart; to go away; to set off
Definitions
- to leave, part, depart; to go away; to set off
Ancestry of “otići”, step by step
otići traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian ići
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ići | to go, walk; to flow, run, leak; to function,... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | jьti | to go |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | eitei | to go |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
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 |