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Where does “буквица” come from?

буквица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic bukъvica, from Proto-Slavic buky, from Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃, from Proto-Germanic *bōkôs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵoes.

буквица (Serbo-Croatian): letters of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets...

Definitions

  1. letters of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets...

Ancestry of “буквица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbukъvicabeechnut; small letter, tiny representation of a...
2Proto-Slavicbukybeech; letter
3Gothic𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃Nominative and accusative plural form of ????;...
4Proto-Germanic*bōkôs—
5Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵoes—
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