Where does “poreći” come from?

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

poreći (Serbo-Croatian): to deny; to retract, unsay; to disavow

Definitions

  1. to deny; to retract, unsay; to disavow

Ancestry of “poreći”, step by step

poreći 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 reći

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianrećito say; to tell; to utter
2Proto-Slavicreťito say

Words derived from “poreći”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →