Where does “змија” come from?

змија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic zmьja, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

змија (Serbo-Croatian): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “змија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviczmьjasnake
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
3Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
4Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →