Where does “ユーゴスラビア” come from?
ユーゴスラビア (Japanese) comes from English Yugoslavia, from Serbo-Croatian Jugòslāvija, from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslàvēn, from Serbo-Croatian jug, from Serbo-Croatian -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...
Ancestry of “ユーゴスラビア”, step by step
ユーゴスラビア traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Yugoslavia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Yugoslavia | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Jugòslāvija | — |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | Jugoslàvēn | — |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | jug | south |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | -ina | Suffix appended to words to create a feminine... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ina | Denominal, forming collectives denoting something... |
via Serbo-Croatian Југо̀сла̄вија
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Југо̀сла̄вија | — |