Where does “šlajfa” come from?

šlajfa (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German schleife, from Middle High German sloufe, from Old High German sloufa.

Definitions

Ancestry of “šlajfa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschleifeinflection of schleifen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germansloufe—
3Old High Germansloufa—
Every word from Old High German sloufa →Every word from Middle High German sloufe →Every word from German schleife →