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
- to address informally using the pronoun tȋ, to...
Ancestry of “tikati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovene | tȋ | you (singular); thou |
| 2 | English | ti | A syllable used in solfège to represent the... |
| 3 | English | SI | Initialism of signal integrity; Initialism of... |
| 4 | Middle English | si | — |
| 5 | Italian | sì | yes; so |
| 6 | Italian | bene | upper-class, posh, high; well, nicely, OK, right;... |
| 7 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 8 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 9 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |