Where does “porezati” come from?
porezati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
porezati (Serbo-Croatian): to cut
Ancestry of “porezati”, step by step
porezati 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 režati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | režati | to growl |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | rězati | to cut, to slice; to crop, to shear; to trim |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *rḗˀźtei | to cut |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wreh₁ǵ- | to break, tear |