Where does “zàjahati” come from?

zàjahati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian jȁhati, from Proto-Slavic ěxati, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

zàjahati (Serbo-Croatian): to mount a horse (or some other animal)

Definitions

  1. to mount a horse (or some other animal)

Ancestry of “zàjahati”, step by step

zàjahati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian jȁhati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianjȁhatito ride (horseback)
2Proto-Slavicěxatito travel
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

via Serbo-Croatian za

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

Words derived from “zàjahati”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ěxati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian jȁhati →