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Where does “poklòniti” come from?

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

Ancestry of “poklòniti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianklòniti—
2Proto-Slavicklonitito bow; to incline, to converge
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “poklòniti”

  • poklon
  • poklonstvo
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