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

prelomiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian lomiti

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

via Serbo-Croatian pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprebefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic lomiti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian lomiti →