Where does “prekaliti” come from?
prekaliti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian kaliti, from Proto-Slavic kaliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
prekaliti (Serbo-Croatian): to harden, temper; to toughen, harden oneself
Definitions
- to harden, temper; to toughen, harden oneself
Ancestry of “prekaliti”, step by step
prekaliti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian kaliti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | kaliti | to harden, temper |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kaliti | to soil, muddle; to temper; to case-harden |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Serbo-Croatian pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pre | before, earlier; before; ago |