Where does “ветрењак” come from?
ветрењак (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ве̏тар, from Proto-Slavic větrъ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.
ветрењак (Serbo-Croatian): scatterbrain
Ancestry of “ветрењак”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ве̏тар | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | větrъ | wind |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |