Where does “preoteti” come from?

preoteti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian oteti, from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei — to go.

preoteti (Serbo-Croatian): to kidnap back, to take back what was kidnapped...

Definitions

  1. to kidnap back, to take back what was kidnapped...

Ancestry of “preoteti”, step by step

preoteti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian oteti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianotetito kidnap; to hijack; to free oneself from
2Romanianiand
3Old Church Slavonicиand; him
4Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
5Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
6Old Polishićto go
7Proto-Slavicjьtito go
8Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Serbo-Croatian pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprebefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →