Where does “preploviti” come from?

preploviti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian plòviti, from Proto-Slavic plavati, from Proto-Slavic plàviti, from Proto-Slavic -vati.

preploviti (Serbo-Croatian): to sail across

Definitions

  1. to sail across

Ancestry of “preploviti”, step by step

preploviti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian plòviti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplòvitito sail
2Proto-Slavicplavatito swim; to float; to sail
3Proto-Slavicplàvitito float, to sail
4Proto-Slavic-vati—

via Serbo-Croatian pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprebefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Slavic -vati →Every word from Proto-Slavic plàviti →Every word from Proto-Slavic plavati →