Where does “serbisks” come from?
serbisks (Latvian) comes from Latvian serbs, from Serbo-Croatian Ср̀бин, from Proto-Slavic sьrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
serbisks (Latvian): Serbian
Ancestry of “serbisks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | serbs | a Serbian, a man from Serbia or of Serbian... |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Ср̀бин | Serb |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sьrbъ | ally |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sēr- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |