Where does “prestup” come from?

prestup (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech přestoupit, from Czech pře-, from Proto-Slavic per-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

prestup (Serbo-Croatian): misdoing, violation, transgression, offense

Definitions

  1. misdoing, violation, transgression, offense

Ancestry of “prestup”, step by step

prestup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech přestoupit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechpřestoupitto transgress
2Czechpře-re-; over-; out-
3Proto-Slavicper-over-; re-
4Proto-Slavicpro-pro-, for-, through
5Proto-Slavic*profor
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*pra—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Serbo-Croatian prestúpiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprestúpitito step over, cross over
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pró →