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Where does “zaboljeti” come from?

zaboljeti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian boljeti, from Proto-Slavic bolěti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel(H)-.

zaboljeti (Serbo-Croatian): to hurt; to insult, hurt

Definitions

  1. to hurt; to insult, hurt

Ancestry of “zaboljeti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianboljetito hurt, ache
2Proto-Slavicbolětito ache
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel(H)-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel(H)- →