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Where does “dienvidslāvs” come from?

dienvidslāvs (Latvian) comes from Latvian slāvs, from German Slawen, from German Slawe — Slav , member of a Slavic tribe.

dienvidslāvs (Latvian): a southern Slav, a member of one of the southern...

Definitions

  1. a southern Slav, a member of one of the southern...

Ancestry of “dienvidslāvs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianslāvsSlav, a man belonging to one of the Slavic...
2GermanSlawengenitive singular of Slawe; plural of Slawe
3GermanSlaweSlav , member of a Slavic tribe

Words derived from “dienvidslāvs”

  • dienvidslāviete
  • dienvidslāvisks
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