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Where does “pronalaziti” come from?

pronalaziti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian nalaziti, from Serbo-Croatian na, from Proto-Slavic na, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

pronalaziti (Serbo-Croatian): to find; to invent, discover

Definitions

  1. to find; to invent, discover

Ancestry of “pronalaziti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiannalazitito find, discover; to meet; to find oneself
2Serbo-Croatiannato, on, onto; on, at, in; on, by, for, at
3Proto-Slavicnaon; concerning; onto
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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