Where does “pretrpjeti” come from?

pretrpjeti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian tŕpjeti, from Proto-Slavic tьrpěti — to suffer; to endure.

pretrpjeti (Serbo-Croatian): to endure, bear, stain, suffer

Definitions

  1. to endure, bear, stain, suffer

Ancestry of “pretrpjeti”, step by step

pretrpjeti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian tŕpjeti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantŕpjetito suffer
2Proto-Slavictьrpětito suffer; to endure

via Serbo-Croatian pre

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