Where does “upitati” come from?
upitati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian u, from Proto-Slavic vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
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Ancestry of “upitati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | u | in, at; to, into; on, in, at, during |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | vъ(n) | in, inside, within; in, into, inside; at |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |