Where does “šahovnica” come from?

šahovnica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ovnica, from Serbo-Croatian -ovnik — Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

šahovnica (Serbo-Croatian): chessboard; red-white Part of the Croatian Flag

Definitions

  1. chessboard; red-white Part of the Croatian Flag

Ancestry of “šahovnica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-ovnicafemale equivalent of -ovnik
2Serbo-Croatian-ovnikSuffix appended to words to create a masculine...
Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ovnik →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ovnica →