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Where does “кривоучитељ” come from?

кривоучитељ (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian кри̑в, from Proto-Slavic krivъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kreiwas, from Proto-Indo-European kreywos.

кривоучитељ (Serbo-Croatian): teacher of falsehoods

Definitions

  1. teacher of falsehoods

Ancestry of “кривоучитељ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianкри̑в—
2Proto-Slavickrivъcrooked, bent; wrong; guilty
3Proto-Balto-Slavickreiwas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankreywos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreywos →