Where does “звиждати” come from?

звиждати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic gvizdati, from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- — to hiss.

звиждати (Serbo-Croatian): to whistle

Definitions

  1. to whistle

Ancestry of “звиждати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgvizdati—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweysd-to hiss
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- →Every word from Proto-Slavic gvizdati →