Where does “zobati” come from?

zobati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic zobati, from Proto-Indo-European ǵebʰ- — jaw, mouth; to eat, chew; branch.

zobati (Serbo-Croatian): to peck

Definitions

  1. to peck

Ancestry of “zobati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviczobatito peck
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵebʰ-jaw, mouth; to eat, chew; branch
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