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Where does “predživot” come from?

predživot (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian život, from Proto-Slavic životъ, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

predživot (Serbo-Croatian): previous life

Definitions

  1. previous life

Ancestry of “predživot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianživotlife
2Proto-Slavicživotъlife; belly
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wo-teh₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →