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Where does “šteknferd” come from?

šteknferd (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Steckenpferd, from German Pferd, from Middle High German phert, from Old High German pfarifrit, from Old High German parafred, from Latin paraverēdus, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus.

šteknferd (Serbo-Croatian): hobbyhorse

Definitions

  1. hobbyhorse

Ancestry of “šteknferd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSteckenpferdhobby horse; hobby
2GermanPferdhorse; knight
3Middle High Germanphert—
4Old High Germanpfarifrithorse
5Old High Germanparafred—
6Latinparaverēdus—
7Ancient Greekπαρά
8Latinverēdus—
9Gaulishwerēdoshorse
10Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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