Where does “preplašiti” come from?

preplašiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian plašiti, from Proto-Slavic polšiti — to scare.

preplašiti (Serbo-Croatian): to scare, frighten

Definitions

  1. to scare, frighten

Ancestry of “preplašiti”, step by step

preplašiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian plašiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplašitito frighten, scare; to be afraid, to be scared
2Proto-Slavicpolšitito scare

via Serbo-Croatian pre

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