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Where does “sjȅći” come from?

sjȅći (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sěťi, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sjȅći (Serbo-Croatian): to cut, chop, chip, hew

Definitions

  1. to cut, chop, chip, hew

Ancestry of “sjȅći”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsěťito cut, mow
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “sjȅći”

  • isjeći
  • posjeći
  • presjeći
  • rasjeći
  • sasjeći
  • odsjeći
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →