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

  1. to choke, strangle

Ancestry of “udaviti”, step by step

udaviti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian daviti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandavitito choke, strangle; to drown; to annoy, to...
2Proto-Slavicdavitito suffocate, to strangle; to drown; to choke
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Serbo-Croatian u

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianuin, at; to, into; on, in, at, during
2Proto-Slavicvъ(n)in, inside, within; in, into, inside; at
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti
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