Where does “posramiti” come from?

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

posramiti (Serbo-Croatian): to shame; to be ashamed of oneself

Definitions

  1. to shame; to be ashamed of oneself

Ancestry of “posramiti”, step by step

posramiti 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 sramiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansramitito be shy; to be ashamed of oneself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →