Where does “Bosnia and Herzegovinan” come from?
Bosnia and Herzegovinan (English) comes from English Bosnia and Herzegovina, from English Herzegovina, from Serbo-Croatian Hèrcegovina, from Serbo-Croatian herceg, from Hungarian herceg, from German herzog, from Middle High German herzog, from Old High German herizogo — army.
Ancestry of “Bosnia and Herzegovinan”, step by step
Bosnia and Herzegovinan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Part of Yugoslavia until 1992 |
| 2 | English | Herzegovina | — |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | Hèrcegovina | — |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | herceg | duke |
| 5 | Hungarian | herceg | prince; duke |
| 6 | German | herzog | duke |
| 7 | Middle High German | herzog | — |
| 8 | Old High German | herizogo | duke |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | harjatogō | army leader, commander, general |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | hari | army |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |