Where does “podizati” come from?
podizati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
podizati (Serbo-Croatian): to raise, lift, elevate; to build, erect; to...
Definitions
- to raise, lift, elevate; to build, erect; to...
Ancestry of “podizati”, step by step
podizati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian po
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | po | half; for; over, through, across, in, on |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | pol | pole; sex; gender |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πόλος | pivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Serbo-Croatian dizati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | dizati | to lift, raise, elevate; to rise |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dvigati | to raise, lift, move up |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | d(ъ)vigъ | branching, buttress serving as lever |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | d(ъ)va | 2 |