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Where does “sjati” come from?

sjati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sijati, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- — to shine, shimmer.

Ancestry of “sjati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsijatito shine, to illuminate
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “sjati”

  • obasjati
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