Where does “pretjerati” come from?

pretjerati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian tjerati, from Proto-Slavic těrjati.

pretjerati (Serbo-Croatian): to drive across; to go too far; to exaggerate

Definitions

  1. to drive across; to go too far; to exaggerate

Ancestry of “pretjerati”, step by step

pretjerati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian tjerati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantjeratito force, make; to induce, cause; to drive, drive...
2Proto-Slavictěrjati—

via Serbo-Croatian pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprebefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Slavic těrjati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian tjerati →