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Where does “ponestati” come from?

ponestati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian nestati, from Serbo-Croatian stȁti, from Serbo-Croatian stàjati, from Proto-Slavic stojati, from Proto-Slavic stojěti, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...

ponestati (Serbo-Croatian): to run out of, become exhausted

Definitions

  1. to run out of, become exhausted

Ancestry of “ponestati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiannestatito disappear, vanish; to run out of, become...
2Serbo-Croatianstȁtito stand
3Serbo-Croatianstàjatito stand
4Proto-Slavicstojatito stand
5Proto-Slavicstojěti—
6Proto-Slavic-ětiInherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;...
7Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀtei—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁tiCreates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti →