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Where does “пријатељица” come from?

пријатељица (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian пријатељ, from Proto-Slavic prijateľь, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.

пријатељица (Serbo-Croatian): friend

Definitions

  1. friend

Ancestry of “пријатељица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпријатељfriend
2Proto-Slavicprijateľьfriend
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpreyH-to love, to please
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