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Where does “tikati” come from?

tikati (Slovene) comes from Slovene tȋ, from English ti, from English SI, from Middle English si, from Italian sì, from Italian bene, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

tikati (Slovene): to address informally using the pronoun tȋ, to...

Definitions

  1. to address informally using the pronoun tȋ, to...

Ancestry of “tikati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovenetȋ—
2EnglishtiA syllable used in solfège to represent the...
3EnglishSIInitialism of signal integrity; Initialism of...
4Middle Englishsi—
5Italiansìyes; so
6Italianbeneupper-class, posh, high; well, nicely, OK, right;...
7Latinbenewell; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably
8Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
9Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
10Proto-Italicdwenosgood
11Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
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