Where does “даждевњак” come from?

даждевњак (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian да̏жд, from Proto-Slavic dъždžь, from Proto-Indo-European dus-dyu- — bad sky.

даждевњак (Serbo-Croatian): salamander

Definitions

  1. salamander

Ancestry of “даждевњак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianда̏ждrain
2Proto-Slavicdъždžьrain
3Proto-Indo-Europeandus-dyu-bad sky
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dus-dyu- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dъždžь →Every word from Serbo-Croatian да̏жд →