Where does “zavézati” come from?

zavézati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian vézati, from Proto-Slavic vęzati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enǵʰ- — to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...

zavézati (Serbo-Croatian): to bind in a knot, knot

Definitions

  1. to bind in a knot, knot

Ancestry of “zavézati”, step by step

zavézati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian vézati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvézatito bind, fasten, tie
2Proto-Slavicvęzatito tie
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...

via Serbo-Croatian za

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

Words derived from “zavézati”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vęzati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian vézati →