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
- to boil over; to blow up
Ancestry of “prekipeti”, step by step
prekipeti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian kipeti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | kipeti | to boil, seethe |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kypěti | to boil, to seethe |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kup- | wish |
via Serbo-Croatian pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | pre | before, earlier; before; ago |