Where does “pokvasiti” come from?

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

pokvasiti (Serbo-Croatian): to wet, moisten, drench

Definitions

  1. to wet, moisten, drench

Ancestry of “pokvasiti”, step by step

pokvasiti 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 kvasiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankvasitito wet, moisten, drench; to soak, dip
2Proto-Slavickvasitito ferment, to yeast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →