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Where does “prekipeti” come from?

prekipeti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian kipeti, from Proto-Slavic kypěti, from Proto-Indo-European kup- — wish.

prekipeti (Serbo-Croatian): to boil over; to blow up

Definitions

  1. to boil over; to blow up

Ancestry of “prekipeti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankipetito boil, seethe
2Proto-Slavickypětito boil, to seethe
3Proto-Indo-Europeankup-wish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kup- →