Where does “šljiva” come from?

šljiva (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sliva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *slīˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

šljiva (Serbo-Croatian): plum

Definitions

  1. plum

Ancestry of “šljiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicslivaplum; plum tree
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*slīˀwā́ˀ—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *slīˀwā́ˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic sliva →