Where does “popeti” come from?
popeti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
popeti (Serbo-Croatian): to climb, rise, ascend
Ancestry of “popeti”, step by step
popeti 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 peti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | peti | fifth; dative/locative singular of peta |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pęti | to stretch; to tie, fix together |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pínˀtei | to braid; to stretch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)penh₁- | to twist; to weave |