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Where does “riješiti” come from?

riješiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic rěšiti, from Proto-Indo-European wreyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

riješiti (Serbo-Croatian): to solve; to get rid of; to decide or choose to...

Definitions

  1. to solve; to get rid of; to decide or choose to...

Ancestry of “riješiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicrěšiti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwreyḱ-to twist; to bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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