Where does “štrigun” come from?
štrigun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian stregone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
štrigun (Serbo-Croatian): witcher
Definitions
- witcher
Ancestry of “štrigun”, step by step
štrigun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian stregone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | stregone | witch doctor; sorcerer |
| 2 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Venetian strigòn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venetian | strigòn | — |