Where does “zagaditi” come from?
zagaditi (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian gaditi, from Proto-Slavic gaditi, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
zagaditi (Serbo-Croatian): to pollute
Definitions
- to pollute
Ancestry of “zagaditi”, step by step
zagaditi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian gaditi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | gaditi | to disgust, nauseate |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | gaditi | to soil, to defile? to disgust? |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |