Where does “пажња” come from?

пажња (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian па̏зити, from Proto-Slavic paziti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

пажња (Serbo-Croatian): attention

Definitions

  1. attention

Ancestry of “пажња”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпа̏зитиto be careful, watch out
2Proto-Slavicpazitito oversee, to look after; to guard
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic paziti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian па̏зити →