Where does “popržiti” come from?

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

popržiti (Serbo-Croatian): to prepare food by roasting, frying, toasting etc

Definitions

  1. to prepare food by roasting, frying, toasting etc

Ancestry of “popržiti”, step by step

popržiti 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 pržiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpržitito fry; to roast; to toast
2Proto-Slavic*pьržitito fry, to roast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →