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Where does “prijetiti” come from?

prijetiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pertiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

prijetiti (Serbo-Croatian): to threaten, menace

Definitions

  1. to threaten, menace

Ancestry of “prijetiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpertitito order; to forbid, to ban; to oppose
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “prijetiti”

  • prijeti
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