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Where does “жалост” come from?

жалост (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic *žalostь.

жалост (Serbo-Croatian): sorrow

Definitions

  1. sorrow

Ancestry of “жалост”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*žalostь—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *žalostь →