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Where does “piti” come from?

piti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic piti, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

Ancestry of “piti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpitito drink
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

Words derived from “piti”

  • pijanac
  • pijandura
  • pijanica
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →