Where does “prethodnik” come from?
prethodnik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian prȅd, from Proto-Slavic perdъ, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
prethodnik (Serbo-Croatian): predecessor
Ancestry of “prethodnik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | prȅd | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | perdъ | before, in front of; before |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |