Where does “šraf” come from?

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

šraf (Serbo-Croatian): screw

Definitions

  1. screw

Ancestry of “šraf”, 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 →