Where does “serbokroaatti” come from?

serbokroaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kroaatti, from German Kroate, from Proto-Slavic xъrvatъ — Croat.

serbokroaatti (Finnish): The Serbo-Croatian language

Definitions

  1. The Serbo-Croatian language

Ancestry of “serbokroaatti”, step by step

serbokroaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kroaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkroaattiCroat
2GermanKroateCroat, Croatian (person of Croatian descent or from Croatia)
3Proto-SlavicxъrvatъCroat

via Finnish Serbia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSerbiaSerbian the Serbian language
2Serbo-CroatianСр̀бијаSerbia
Every word from Proto-Slavic xъrvatъ →Every word from German Kroate →Every word from Finnish kroaatti →