Where does “крајцарица” come from?
крајцарица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian кра̀јцар, from German Kreuzer, from Dutch kruiser, from Dutch kruisen, from Middle Dutch cruce, from Old Dutch *krūci, from Latin crux, from Proto-Italic *kruks — to caw, crow.
Ancestry of “крајцарица”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | кра̀јцар | — |
| 2 | German | Kreuzer | kreuzer; cruiser |
| 3 | Dutch | kruiser | A cruiser |
| 4 | Dutch | kruisen | to cross, intersect; to breed |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | cruce | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | *krūci | — |
| 7 | Latin | crux | wooden frame on which criminals were crucified,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *kruks | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |