Where does “ugušiti” come from?

ugušiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian u, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ugušiti (Serbo-Croatian): to choke, strangle; to choke, suffocate

Definitions

  1. to choke, strangle; to choke, suffocate

Ancestry of “ugušiti”, step by step

ugušiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Serbo-Croatian gušiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiangušitito choke, strangle; to choke, suffocate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥ →Every word from Proto-Slavic vъ(n) →