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Where does “zaplivati” come from?

zaplivati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian plȉvati, from Proto-Slavic plyti, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

zaplivati (Serbo-Croatian): to commence swimming

Definitions

  1. to commence swimming

Ancestry of “zaplivati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplȉvati—
2Proto-Slavicplytito swim; to float, to sail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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