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Where does “pedalj” come from?

pedalj (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pędь, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-i-s, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pedalj (Serbo-Croatian): span, palm

Definitions

  1. span, palm

Ancestry of “pedalj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpędьspan
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-i-s—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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