Where does “uzdržati” come from?
uzdržati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian držati, from Proto-Slavic dьržati, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.
uzdržati (Serbo-Croatian): to restrain; to abstain
Ancestry of “uzdržati”, step by step
uzdržati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian držati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | držati | to hold, grasp; to bear, support; to consider |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dьržati | to hold |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via Serbo-Croatian uz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | uz | up, upward; next to, beside, alongside, by; with,... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | vъz | instead of, in return for; up; by, beside |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | uź | on, at; in return for |
Words derived from “uzdržati”