Where does “šljuka” come from?
šljuka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic slǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *slánkāˀ.
šljuka (Serbo-Croatian): snipe; woodcock
Ancestry of “šljuka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | slǫka | snipe, woodcock |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *slánkāˀ | — |