Where does “криминалистика” come from?
криминалистика (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Kriminalistik, from German Kriminalist, from German Kriminal, from Latin crīminālis, from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European kréymn̥, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
криминалистика (Serbo-Croatian): criminalistics
Ancestry of “криминалистика”, step by step