Where does “страшило” come from?

страшило (Macedonian) comes from Czech strašidlo, from Czech -dlo, from Old Czech -dlo.

страшило (Macedonian): scarecrow; a scary person

Definitions

  1. scarecrow; a scary person

Ancestry of “страшило”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechstrašidlospecter, ghost, spook, bogeyman
2Czech-dloa suffix used to form instrument nouns
3Old Czech-dlo—
Every word from Old Czech -dlo →Every word from Czech -dlo →Every word from Czech strašidlo →