Where does “toviti” come from?

toviti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tyti, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

toviti (Serbo-Croatian): to fatten

Definitions

  1. to fatten

Ancestry of “toviti”, step by step

toviti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic tyti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictytito become fat, gain weight
2Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Proto-Slavic toviti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictovitito fatten

Words derived from “toviti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Slavic tyti →