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

  1. thread; shoemaker's thread

Ancestry of “дретва”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-тва—
2Proto-Slavic-tvaDeverbative, forming nouns denoting an act,...
3Proto-Indo-European-tweh₂Forms nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-eh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -tva →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tweh₂ →