Where does “pregíbati” come from?

pregíbati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian gíbati, from Proto-Slavic gybati — to bend.

pregíbati (Serbo-Croatian): to bend, inflect

Definitions

  1. to bend, inflect

Ancestry of “pregíbati”, step by step

pregíbati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian gíbati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiangíbatito move
2Proto-Slavicgybatito bend

via Serbo-Croatian pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprebefore, earlier; before; ago

Words derived from “pregíbati

Every word from Proto-Slavic gybatiEvery word from Serbo-Croatian gíbati
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