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

  1. to hit; to guess correctly

Ancestry of “potrefiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantreffento meet; to encounter; to hit; to strike; to...
2Middle High Germantreffen—
3Old High Germantreffanto hit
4Proto-West Germanic*drepanto hit, strike
5Proto-Germanicdrepanąto hit, strike
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drepaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drepan →