Where does “premlatiti” come from?

premlatiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian mlatiti, from Proto-Slavic moltìti — to beat, to thresh.

premlatiti (Serbo-Croatian): to beat up, to beat the shit out of

Definitions

  1. to beat up, to beat the shit out of

Ancestry of “premlatiti”, step by step

premlatiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian mlatiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmlatitito thrash, beat, flail
2Proto-Slavicmoltìtito beat, to thresh

via Serbo-Croatian pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprebefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Slavic moltìti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian mlatiti →