Where does “zabušiti” come from?

zabušiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian za, from Proto-Slavic za — behind, after (stationary).

zabušiti (Serbo-Croatian): to crash, drive into, bump into; perfective form...

Definitions

  1. to crash, drive into, bump into; perfective form...

Ancestry of “zabušiti”, step by step

zabušiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian za

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzafor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)

via Serbo-Croatian bušiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbušitito bore, drill
2Proto-Slavicbušiti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic za →Every word from Serbo-Croatian za →