Where does “pòviti” come from?

pòviti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Icelandic víti, from Old Norse viti, from Proto-Germanic wītiją, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

pòviti (Serbo-Croatian): to bend

Definitions

  1. to bend

Ancestry of “pòviti”, step by step

pòviti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic víti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicvítihell; penalty
2Old Norsevitiindicator; token, mark, signal; beacon
3Proto-Germanicwītijąpunishment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

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 viti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvitito twist

Words derived from “pòviti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wītiją →Every word from Old Norse viti →