Where does “дретва” come from?
дретва (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian -тва, from Proto-Slavic -tva, from Proto-Indo-European -tweh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂.
дретва (Serbo-Croatian): thread; shoemaker's thread
Definitions
- thread; shoemaker's thread
Ancestry of “дретва”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | -тва | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -tva | Deverbative, forming nouns denoting an act,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -tweh₂ | Forms nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ | — |