Where does “potrefiti” come from?
potrefiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German treffen, from Middle High German treffen, from Old High German treffan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...
potrefiti (Serbo-Croatian): to hit; to guess correctly
Definitions
- to hit; to guess correctly
Ancestry of “potrefiti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | treffen | to meet; to encounter; to hit; to strike; to... |
| 2 | Middle High German | treffen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | treffan | to hit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *drepan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | drepaną | to hit, strike |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrebʰ- | to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to... |