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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

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

Words derived from “toviti”

  • utoviti
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