Where does “gjozdă” come from?

gjozdă (Polabian) comes from Proto-Slavic *gvězdà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwaisdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ-.

gjozdă (Polabian): star

Definitions

  1. star

Ancestry of “gjozdă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*gvězdàstar
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*źwaisdā́ˀ—
3Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰwoysdʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwaisdā́ˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic *gvězdà →