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

кривоучитељ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian кри̑в

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianкри̑вguilty, culpable
2Proto-Slavickrivъcrooked, bent; wrong; guilty
3Proto-Balto-Slavickreiwascrooked, curved, wrong
4Proto-Indo-Europeankreywos—

via Serbo-Croatian учитељ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianучитељteacher
2Proto-Slavic*učiteľь—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreywos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kreiwas →Every word from Proto-Slavic krivъ →