Where does “нитка” come from?

нитка (Macedonian) comes from Proto-Slavic nitь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nítis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)nh₁itis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

нитка (Macedonian): thread

Definitions

  1. thread

Ancestry of “нитка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnitьthread
2Proto-Balto-Slavicnítis
3Proto-Indo-European(s)nh₁itis
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)nh₁itisEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic nítis
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