Where does “kaliti” come from?

kaliti (Slovene) comes from Proto-Slavic kaliti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

kaliti (Slovene): to temper, to harden (metal)

Definitions

  1. to temper, to harden (metal)

Ancestry of “kaliti”, step by step

kaliti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic kaliti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickalitito soil, muddle; to temper; to case-harden
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Slovene kȃl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovenekȃl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti