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Where does “брач” come from?

брач (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian braccio, from Latin brachium, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

брач (Serbo-Croatian): a type of instrument, similar to tamburica

Definitions

  1. a type of instrument, similar to tamburica

Ancestry of “брач”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbraccioarm; fathom; branch, arm of the sea
2LatinbrachiumAlternative form of bracchium; arm, branch; limb
3Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
4Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
5Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
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