Where does “zamámiti” come from?

zamámiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian mamiti, from Proto-Slavic *mamiti.

zamámiti (Serbo-Croatian): to entice, lure, allure, attract, tempt

Definitions

  1. to entice, lure, allure, attract, tempt

Ancestry of “zamámiti”, step by step

zamámiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian mamiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmamitito lure, entice
2Proto-Slavic*mamiti—

via Serbo-Croatian za

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

Words derived from “zamámiti”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *mamiti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian mamiti →
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