Where does “sljedeći” come from?

sljedeći (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -eći, from Proto-Slavic *-ęťь — used after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs).

sljedeći (Serbo-Croatian): next, following

Definitions

  1. next, following

Ancestry of “sljedeći”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-ećisuffix forming a verbal adjective from the present tense of certain imperfective verbs, specifically those whose third person plural present tense ends in -ē, i.e. infinitives in -iti, -(i)(j)eti, some in -jati and a few others
2Proto-Slavic*-ęťьused after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs)
Every word from Proto-Slavic *-ęťьEvery word from Serbo-Croatian -eći