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