Where does “postizati” come from?

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

postizati (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of postići

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of postići

Ancestry of “postizati”, step by step

postizati 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 stȉzati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianstȉzatito arrive, reach (to a destination or a goal)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλος →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pol →