Where does “plativ” come from?

plativ (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian platiti, from Proto-Slavic platiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

plativ (Serbo-Croatian): payable

Definitions

  1. payable

Ancestry of “plativ”, step by step

plativ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian platiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplatitito pay, pay for
2Proto-Slavicplatitito pay
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Proto-Dravidian iv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianiv
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti