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Where does “prelomiti” come from?

prelomiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian lomiti, from Proto-Slavic lomiti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

prelomiti (Serbo-Croatian): to break; to finally make a hard decision; to set

Definitions

  1. to break; to finally make a hard decision; to set

Ancestry of “prelomiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianlomitito break, crack
2Proto-Slaviclomitito break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft
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