Where does “zajèbati” come from?

zajèbati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian jebati, from Proto-Slavic *jetì, from Proto-Balto-Slavic jebtei, from Proto-Indo-European h₃yébʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃yebʰ- — to copulate, have sex.

zajèbati (Serbo-Croatian): to screw up, mess up, blow it

Definitions

  1. to screw up, mess up, blow it

Ancestry of “zajèbati”, step by step

zajèbati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian jebati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianjebatito fuck; to have sexual relationships with...
2Proto-Slavic*jetì—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicjebteito copulate, fuck
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃yébʰetito copulate, to fuck
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃yebʰ-to copulate, have sex

via Serbo-Croatian za

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

Words derived from “zajèbati”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃yebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃yébʰeti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic jebtei →