Where does “ćudljiv” come from?

ćudljiv (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ćud, from Proto-Slavic ťudь — foreign people.

ćudljiv (Serbo-Croatian): cranky, capricious, moody

Definitions

  1. cranky, capricious, moody

Ancestry of “ćudljiv”, step by step

ćudljiv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian ćud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianćudtemper, temperament, mood, disposition;...
2Proto-Slavicťudьforeign people

via Proto-Dravidian iv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidianiv—

Words derived from “ćudljiv”

Every word from Proto-Slavic ťudь →Every word from Serbo-Croatian ćud →