Where does “samoubistvo” come from?

samoubistvo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ubístvo, from Serbo-Croatian ubiti, from Serbo-Croatian biti, from Proto-Slavic byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

samoubistvo (Serbo-Croatian): suicide the event, not the person

Definitions

  1. suicide the event, not the person

Ancestry of “samoubistvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianubístvomurder
2Serbo-Croatianubitito kill, murder
3Serbo-Croatianbitito be, to exist; Vrijeme je lijepo, a ja sam...
4Proto-Slavicbytito be
5Proto-Balto-Slavicbū́ˀteito be
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bū́ˀtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic byti →