Where does “prijeti” come from?
prijeti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian prijetiti, from Proto-Slavic pertiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
prijeti (Serbo-Croatian): to receive, get; to grab, seize; third-person...
Definitions
- to receive, get; to grab, seize; third-person...
Ancestry of “prijeti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | prijetiti | to threaten, menace |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pertiti | to order; to forbid, to ban; to oppose |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |