Where does “slavistica” come from?
slavistica (Italian) comes from German Slawistik, from German Slawist, from German slawisch, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Ancient Greek Σκλάβος, from Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός, from Proto-Slavic slověninъ, from Proto-Slavic slovo — to cover; to incline.
slavistica (Italian): Slavonic studies
Ancestry of “slavistica”, step by step