Where does “pokopati” come from?
pokopati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
pokopati (Serbo-Croatian): to bury, inter
Ancestry of “pokopati”, step by step
pokopati 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 kopati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | kopati | to dig |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kǫpati | to bathe; to swim |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kep- | to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,... |