Where does “protuteža” come from?
protuteža (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian teža, from Serbo-Croatian težiti, from Proto-Slavic tęžiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
protuteža (Serbo-Croatian): counterbalance
Definitions
- counterbalance
Ancestry of “protuteža”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | teža | gravitation |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | težiti | to weigh |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tęžiti | to weigh, to burden; to struggle |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |