Where does “pokisnuti” come from?

pokisnuti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

pokisnuti (Serbo-Croatian): to get wet, soaked, drenched by rain

Definitions

  1. to get wet, soaked, drenched by rain

Ancestry of “pokisnuti”, step by step

pokisnuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpohalf; for; over, through, across, in, on
2Serbo-Croatianpolpole; sex; gender
3Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Serbo-Croatian kisnuti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankisnutito get wet, soaked; to become sour
2Serbo-Croatiankȉšarain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →