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

  1. counterbalance

Ancestry of “protuteža”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantežagravitation
2Serbo-Croatiantežitito weigh
3Proto-Slavictęžitito weigh, to burden; to struggle
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti
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