Where does “privući” come from?

privući (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Sicilian vuci, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

privući (Serbo-Croatian): to attract; to pull toward, drag toward

Definitions

  1. to attract; to pull toward, drag toward

Ancestry of “privući”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SicilianvuciSound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
2Latinvōxvoice
3Proto-Italicwōksvoice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōks →
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