Where does “usredotočivati” come from?

usredotočivati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian usredotočiti, from Serbo-Croatian točiti, from Proto-Slavic točiti, from Proto-Slavic tekti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej, from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- — to run, to flow.

usredotočivati (Serbo-Croatian): to concentrate, to focus

Definitions

  1. to concentrate, to focus

Ancestry of “usredotočivati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianusredotočitito concentrate, to focus
2Serbo-Croatiantočitito pour; to tap
3Proto-Slavictočitito cause to flow, run
4Proto-Slavictektito run, to flow
5Proto-Balto-Slavictektej—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej →Every word from Proto-Slavic tekti →