Where does “udaviti” come from?
udaviti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian daviti, from Proto-Slavic daviti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
udaviti (Serbo-Croatian): to choke, strangle
Definitions
- to choke, strangle
Ancestry of “udaviti”, step by step
udaviti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian daviti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | daviti | to choke, strangle; to drown; to annoy, to... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | daviti | to suffocate, to strangle; to drown; to choke |
| 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 |