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Where does “skakati” come from?

skakati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic skakati, from Proto-Slavic -ati, from Proto-Slavic -ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁ti — Creates stative verbs from perfective roots;...

skakati (Serbo-Croatian): to jump, leap; to rise, jump, suddenly increase

Definitions

  1. to jump, leap; to rise, jump, suddenly increase

Ancestry of “skakati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicskakatito hop, to leap
2Proto-Slavic-atiFrom imperfective verbs, forming...
3Proto-Slavic-ětiInherited, stative; Deadjectival, inchoative;...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-ēˀtei—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁tiCreates stative verbs from perfective roots;...
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