Where does “šaraf” come from?

šaraf (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian sróf, from German Schraube, from Middle High German schrūbe — screw machine.

šaraf (Serbo-Croatian): screw; gun worm

Definitions

  1. screw; gun worm

Ancestry of “šaraf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansrófscrew, bolt
2GermanSchraubescrew
3Middle High Germanschrūbescrew machine
Every word from Middle High German schrūbe →Every word from German Schraube →Every word from Hungarian sróf →