Where does “pokrenuti” come from?
pokrenuti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
pokrenuti (Serbo-Croatian): to initiate, start, set in motion
Definitions
- to initiate, start, set in motion
Ancestry of “pokrenuti”, step by step
pokrenuti 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 krenuti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | krenuti | to move, set in motion; to begin, start |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kręnǫti | to lift, to transit; to move barely |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | krętnǫti | — |