Where does “pokunjiti” come from?

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

pokunjiti (Serbo-Croatian): to despond, sadden, lose one's spirit, feel...

Definitions

  1. to despond, sadden, lose one's spirit, feel...

Ancestry of “pokunjiti”, step by step

pokunjiti 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 kunjati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankunjati—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →