Where does “крижање” come from?
крижање (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian кри̑ж, from Polish krzyż, from Turkish kriz, from French crise, from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō — to sift, separate, divide.
крижање (Serbo-Croatian): crossroads, intersection
Ancestry of “крижање”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | кри̑ж | — |
| 2 | Polish | krzyż | cross; sacrum |
| 3 | Turkish | kriz | crisis |
| 4 | French | crise | crisis; attack, fit |
| 5 | Latin | crisis | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |