Where does “upomoć” come from?

upomoć (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pomoć, from Proto-Slavic pomoťь, from Proto-Slavic moťь, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- — to be able.

upomoć (Serbo-Croatian): help!

Definitions

  1. help!

Ancestry of “upomoć”, step by step

upomoć traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian pomoć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpomoćhelp
2Proto-Slavicpomoťьhelp
3Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

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 meǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis →Every word from Proto-Slavic moťь →