Where does “serbohorvātu” come from?

serbohorvātu (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.

serbohorvātu (Latvian): Serbo-Croatian

Definitions

  1. Serbo-Croatian

Ancestry of “serbohorvātu”, step by step

serbohorvātu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian serbs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianserbsa Serbian, a man from Serbia or of Serbian...
2Serbo-CroatianСр̀бинSerb
3Proto-Slavicsьrbъally
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Latvian horvātu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianhorvātuaccusative singular form of horvāts;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr-Every word from Proto-Slavic sьrbъ