Where does “postavljati” come from?

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

postavljati (Serbo-Croatian): to put, place, set; to appoint, name

Definitions

  1. to put, place, set; to appoint, name

Ancestry of “postavljati”, step by step

postavljati 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 stavljati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianstavljatito put, place; to put on, wear
2Proto-Slavic*stavľatito place, put

Words derived from “postavljati”

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