Where does “ѓаволштина” come from?
ѓаволштина (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian ѓавол, from Ancient Greek Διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
ѓаволштина (Macedonian): devilry
Ancestry of “ѓаволштина”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Macedonian | ѓавол | devil |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Διάβολος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |