Where does “serb” come from?

serb (Old Irish) comes from Latin servus, from Proto-Italic serwos, from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

serb (Old Irish): bitter; bitter, hurtful, grievous, disagreeable;...

Definitions

  1. bitter; bitter, hurtful, grievous, disagreeable;...

Ancestry of “serb”, step by step

serb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin servus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
2Proto-Italicserwosguardian
3Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Proto-Celtic swerwos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticswerwosbitter
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “serb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s →Every word from Proto-Italic serwos →
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