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Where does “trti” come from?

trti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic terti, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

trti (Serbo-Croatian): to rub; to cause friction; to scour, scrub

Definitions

  1. to rub; to cause friction; to scour, scrub

Ancestry of “trti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “trti”

  • satrti
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