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Where does “prestići” come from?

prestići (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian stići, from Proto-Slavic stigti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic steigtei, from Proto-Indo-European stéygʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- — to go; to climb.

prestići (Serbo-Croatian): Alternative form of prestignuti

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of prestignuti

Ancestry of “prestići”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianstićiAlternative form of stignuti
2Proto-Slavicstigti—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicsteigtei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstéygʰetito be walking; to be climbing
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteygʰ-to go; to climb
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