Where does “ベオグラード” come from?
ベオグラード (Japanese) comes from Serbo-Croatian Бе̏оград, from Serbo-Croatian гра̑д, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.
Ancestry of “ベオグラード”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Бе̏оград | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | гра̑д | city |
| 3 | Latin | gradus | a step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | graðus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰradʰ- | — |