Where does “pretapati” come from?

pretapati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pretòpiti, from Serbo-Croatian topiti, from Proto-Slavic topìti — to heat; to drown.

pretapati (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of pretòpiti

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of pretòpiti

Ancestry of “pretapati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpretòpitito remelt, recast, remold
2Serbo-Croatiantopitito melt; to melt down
3Proto-Slavictopìtito heat; to drown
Every word from Proto-Slavic topìti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian topiti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pretòpiti →
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