Where does “teža” come from?
teža (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian težiti, from Proto-Slavic tęžiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
teža (Serbo-Croatian): gravitation
Definitions
- gravitation
Ancestry of “teža”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | težiti | to weigh |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | tęžiti | to weigh, to burden; to struggle |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |