Where does “милостив” come from?

милостив (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic *milostivъ — merciful.

милостив (Serbo-Croatian): merciful

Definitions

  1. merciful

Ancestry of “милостив”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*milostivъmerciful
Every word from Proto-Slavic *milostivъ
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