Where does “samozatajan” come from?

samozatajan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian zatajiti, from Serbo-Croatian tajiti, from Proto-Slavic tajiti, from Proto-Indo-European teh₂-y- — to steal.

samozatajan (Serbo-Croatian): self-effacing

Definitions

  1. self-effacing

Ancestry of “samozatajan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzatajitito suppress, curb; to conceal, hide, hush up; to...
2Serbo-Croatiantajitito conceal, keep secret
3Proto-Slavictajitito hide, conceal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteh₂-y-to steal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teh₂-y- →Every word from Proto-Slavic tajiti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian tajiti →