Where does “pokvariti” come from?

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

pokvariti (Serbo-Croatian): to damage, ruin; to spoil, rot, go bad; to...

Definitions

  1. to damage, ruin; to spoil, rot, go bad; to...

Ancestry of “pokvariti”, step by step

pokvariti 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 kvariti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankvaritito damage, ruin, spoil; to pervert, corrupt
2Proto-Slavickvaritito damage, to ruin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →