Where does “лудост” come from?
лудост (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian лу̑д, from Proto-Slavic ľudъ, from Proto-Slavic milъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic meiʔlos, from Proto-Indo-European meyl-.
лудост (Serbo-Croatian): craziness
Ancestry of “лудост”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | лу̑д | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | ľudъ | people |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | milъ | dear, nice, gentle, mild, soft, pleasant, polite |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | meiʔlos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meyl- | — |