Where does “uništiv” come from?

uništiv (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian uništiti, from Serbo-Croatian ništa, from Proto-Slavic ničьto, from Proto-Slavic čьto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ki, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

uništiv (Serbo-Croatian): destructible

Definitions

  1. destructible

Ancestry of “uništiv”, step by step

uništiv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian uništiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianuništitito destroy, annihilate
2Serbo-Croatianništanothing
3Proto-Slavicničьtonothing
4Proto-Slavicčьtowhat
5Proto-Balto-Slavickiwhat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷídneuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

via Proto-Dravidian iv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianiv—

Words derived from “uništiv”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷís →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd →