Where does “дилкушица” come from?
дилкушица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian дилкуша, from Ottoman Turkish dilküşa, from Persian del, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥dáyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.
дилкушица (Serbo-Croatian): Diminutive of дилкуша
Ancestry of “дилкушица”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | дилкуша | songbird, usually nightingale |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | dilküşa | — |
| 3 | Persian | del | — |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | *jr̥dáyam | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam | heart |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |