Where does “popuniti” come from?

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

popuniti (Serbo-Croatian): to fill; to fill out, fill in; to grow fat

Definitions

  1. to fill; to fill out, fill in; to grow fat

Ancestry of “popuniti”, step by step

popuniti 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 puniti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpunitito fill; to load, charge; to charge
2Proto-Slavicpьlnitito fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →