Where does “posrtati” come from?
posrtati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian po, from Serbo-Croatian pol, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
posrtati (Serbo-Croatian): to trip, stumble; to corrupt, ruin
Definitions
- to trip, stumble; to corrupt, ruin
Ancestry of “posrtati”, step by step
posrtati 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 srtati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | srtati | to rush, plunge; to attack |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | s- | Prepended to verbs, usually forming a perfective... |