Where does “Beograd” come from?
Beograd (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Serbo-Croatian Bȅograd, from Serbo-Croatian grȃd, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.
Ancestry of “Beograd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Bȅograd | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | grȃd | city |
| 3 | Latin | gradus | a step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | graðus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰradʰ- | — |